- First MNMA Conference — Norwich, England, 1988
- Second MNMA Conference — Saint Louis, USA, 1991
- Third MNMA Conference — Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1994
- Fourth MNMA Conference — Cebu City, Philippines, 1997
- Fifth MNMA Conference — Chicago, USA, 2003
First MNMA Conference — Norwich, England, 1988
Conference Proceedings Edited by Thomas S. Reed (1991) Paperback (120 pp.)
Contains papers presented at the First International MNMA Conference held in Norwich, England, 1988
This historic conference on new systems of music notation, the first of its kind in the 20th century, brought together speakers from eleven countries. A variety of new notation systems were presented, including a shorthand system, a microtonal system, aleatoric methods, and systems capable of substituting for traditional notation. Most of the lectures were published in full, and most were also illustrated.
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Table of Contents
| Title | Author | Page |
| Twenty-First Century Music Theory and Notation | Thomas S. Reed | 1 |
| 100 Students Learn the Piano Through the Klavarskribo Music Notation in Hong Kong (a description of Methods, Materials and Results) | Peter Spurrier Jackson | 20 |
| Towards a Standard Keyboard Staff | Richard Parncutt | 31 |
| Piano Patterns: Outline Notation – a link with Staff Notation | Annemarie Scheltema | 32 |
| Accidentals in a New Musical Notation | Delia Mugnaini Robotti | 37 |
| Graphical Control Strategies of Aleatory Music Notation | Giorgio Tedde | 41 |
| Revised Music Notation with Electronic Music Technology as a Combined System | Mario Koppers | 53 |
| Accidentals, Musical Function and Intonation | Richard Parncutt | 54 |
| The Four-Level Six-Six Keyboard | Paul Vandervoort | 58 |
| A New Notational System and Traditional Harmonic Theory | Mario Koppers | 59 |
| Funzionalita Storica Contenutistica Della Notazione Musicale | Italo Ruggero Muci | 60 |
| From a Special to a General Notation | Leo de Vries | 61 |
| Music in a Graph | Albert Brennink | 88 |
| A New System of Musical Shorthand | John Asher | 100 |
| Applications of the Chromatic Alphabet in the Notation of Music | Robert Stuckey and Richard Parncutt | 104 |
| A Symmetrical Notation for Microtones | Leo de Vries | 110 |
| Summing-up the 1988 Norwich Conference | Ronald Watson | 116 |
Second MNMA Conference — Saint Louis, USA, 1991
Conference Proceedings Edited by Thomas S. Reed (1994)
Paperback (183 pp. incl. Appendix)
ISBN 0-9638849-0-5, LC 93-86922
Contains papers presented at the Second International MNMA Conference held in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, 1991.
These proceedings are of special importance because of the new notation systems illustrated in the “Test Drive” section. Fourteen new notation systems are used to notate the same musical excerpts. This allows the reader to try out and compare the different notation systems. The lectures present a wide range of provocative views and opinions.
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| Title | Author | Page | |
| Preface | v | ||
| Photograph of Conferees | vii | ||
| Concepts of Music Notation Modernization in 19th Century Germany | Michael Maier (Germany) | 1 | |
| Using the Base-twelve Number System for Solmization, Arranging, and Composing | Donald M. Cowan (U.S.A) | 7 | |
| We Cannot Expect Help from Anybody | Johannes Beyreuther (Germany) | 13 | |
| Trigram Notation | Richard Parncutt (Germany) | 19 | |
| The Ideal Music Notation | George J. Skapski (U.S.A) | 21 | |
| Categories of Notation: Different Categories of Perfection in History, the Present and the Future | Leo de Vries (Netherlands) | 27 | |
| Symmetrical Notations: My Attempt to Penetrate, Via the Twinline Principles, into the Microtone Domain | Leo de Vries (Netherlands) | 31 | |
| Why “Mirror Notation”? | Johanna Sheer-Duyvis (Netherlands) | 45 | |
| Basic Outline for a Notation that is Easier, Better, and Suited to our Times | Johannes Wolf (Austria) | 49 | |
| Conventions in Rhythm Notation and Stylistic Practices in Keyboard Music | Chris Childs (Australia) | 61 | |
| Notation Systems for Non-linear Instruments: Scoring for Sound Sculpture | Dan Senn (U.S.A) | 71 | |
| Enlightenment from the Abandonment of Musical Notation | Han Wan Zhai (China) | 73 | |
| The Digital Music Notation of the Accordion | Yin Zhi-chao (China) | 77 | |
| C-Symmetrical Semitone Notation System | Ronald F. Sadlier (U.S.A) | 81 | |
| Step by Step to a Simpler Notation | Jeannette de Buur (France) | 87 | |
| Why not a MUSICIAN’S Notation? | W.D. Collinds (England) | 93 | |
| Nomographic Notation | James C. Rickey (U.S.A) | 103 | |
| Alternate Keyboards, Theory, History and Current Developments | Paul Vandervoort (U.S.A) | 109 | |
| A New Look at the Temporal Aspect of Music Notation | George J. Skapski (U.S.A) | 111 | |
| Choosing Syllables for a Chromatic Solfa | Robert Stuckey and Richard Parncutt (England and Germany) | 117 | |
| Puntun Notation | Michael Laschober (U.S.A.) | 119 | |
| Scenario for the Future of Music Notation | Thomas S. Reed (U.S.A) | 123 | |
| Test Drive the New Notation Systems (Parts I and II) | Appendix | ||
| Test Drive (Contents) | Appendix iii | ||
| Article II – “Purposes” | Outside Back Cover | ||
Third MNMA Conference — Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1994
Conference Proceedings Edited by Thomas S. Reed (1999) Paper (228
pp.)
ISBN 0-9638849-3-X, LC 98-68688, ISSN 1094-4486
Contains papers presented at the Third International MNMA Conference held in Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1994.
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Table of Contents
| Title | Author | Page |
| Summary of the Evaluation Committee Report | Douglas Keislar (U.S.A.), Chair, presented by Leo de Vries | 1 |
| The Ideas of Paul von Janko in the Computer Age | Peter Roche (England) | 15 |
| A Survival Kit | Helen Robinson (England) | 19 |
| The Application of the Numbered Singing Name Notation on 6-6 Type Accordions | Yin Zhi Chao (China) | 29 |
| New Notes: New Possibilities for Music Teaching | Jean de Buur (Netherlands) | 39 |
| Fifth and Relatives | Leo de Vries (Netherlands) | 41 |
| Dear MNMA Friends | A. J. Otte (Netherlands) | 43 |
| The Question of Pitch versus Function in the Notation of Multiple Divisions | Siemen Terpstra (Netherlands) | 47 |
| System of Learning the Staff Visually | Yin Cheng-Liang (China), as read in English by Yang Hui (Sally) | 51 |
| The Well-Tempered Clavier in Well-Tempered Music Notation | Albert Brennink (Canada) | 61 |
| Streamlining Musical Shorthand | John Asher (England) | 85 |
| Translation Between Notation Systems Using Computer Algorithms | Mario Koppers (South Africa) | 103 |
| Advances in Computer Transcription into the Klavar Notation | Peter Jackson (Hong Kong) | 105 |
| The Six-Six Representation of Music | Thomas S. Reed (U.S.A.) | 119 |
| The 6 to 6 Notation (Demonstrated on a 6 to 6 Instrument) | Johannes Beyreuther (Germany) | 135 |
| Notation Systems of the Twentieth Century | Chris Childs (Australia) | 149 |
| Solfaplus = Solfa plus Chord symbols and Five Chromatic Syllables | Bob Stuckey (England) and Richard Parncutt (England) | 151 |
| Guidelines for a Modern Notation in View of Transposing Instruments and Klavar Notation | Johannes Wolf (Austria), trans. from the German by Jean de Buur | 165 |
| What Motivates Music Notation Research? | Richard Parncutt (Australia) | 175 |
| On the Aesthetic Value of Musical Symbols | Guo Chun Dong (China) | 177 |
| Creating a New Notation | Nicolai Alexandrovith Dolmatov (Russia) | 181 |
| A Trip to the Klavar Publishers, Near Rotterdam | Thomas S. Reed (U.S.A.) | 193 |
| Results of Comparing Notes Test, Rotterdam Conference | Thomas S. Reed (U.S.A.) | 195 |
Fourth MNMA Conference — Cebu City, Philippines, 1997
Conference Proceedings Edited by Thomas S. Reed (2000) Paperback
(164 pp.)
ISBN 0-9638849-4-8, LC 00-91048, ISSN 1094-4486
Contains papers presented at the Fourth International MNMA Conference held in Cebu City, Philippines, 1997
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Table of Contents
| Title | Author | Page |
| Acknowledgments, Conference Program | iii | |
| Photo of Conference Members on a Tour of Cebu | iv | |
| Photos of the Conference | vi | |
| Preface | Thomas S. Reed | 1 |
| Who Will Benefit from a Better Notation System? | Thomas S. Reed | 5 |
| The Teaching Experience in the Six-Six System | Johannes Beyreuther | 11 |
| Three Families of 13-Degree Staves | Blake M. Mitchell | 15 |
| Nature’s Harmonic Series | Anne and Bill Collins | 35 |
| An Expanded System of Duration Symbols | Blake M. Mitchell | 43 |
| The Big Error! | Johannes Beyreuther | 49 |
| Ornaments in New Notation Systems | Thomas S. Reed | 53 |
| Notation Road Test | (directed by T.S. Reed) | 59 |
| 1. List of Inventors | 64 | |
| 2. The Chromatic Scale in 36 New Systems | Thomas S. Reed | 65 |
| 3. Grouping the systems by line-pattern | Doug Keislar | 102 |
| 4. The Musical Example by J. S. Bach, in traditional notation | 107 | |
| 5. The J. S. Bach Example Transnotated into 36 New Systems | T. S. Reed | 108 |
| 6. Specification Sheet for the Manuscript Paper | Michael Johnston | 148 |
| 7. Filled-out Evaluation Forms | 146 |
Fifth MNMA Conference — Chicago, USA, 2003
The proceedings from the Fifth International MNMA Conference held in Chicago, USA, 2003 were not published.