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Chromatic 6-6 Notation
by Johannes Beyreuther, 1985

Chromatic scale from C to C. C C#/Db D D#/Eb E F F#/Gb G G#/Ab A A#/Ab B C

This staff has five lines with the middle one dashed, and it covers about an octave and a half. Between any two adjacent lines there are three elevations on which notes can be placed.  Color helps distinguish these elevations, with the white notes hugging the lines and the black notes falling either on or in-between the lines. Rhythmic notation is basically proportional with dashes representing beats of time (though this is not the case in this illustration).

Website: Beyreuther 6:6 System

Earliest documentation: 1985

Source: Directory of Music Notation Proposals, section/page: 10/5, 11/2, 13/10

Similar Notations: Untitled by Johannes Beyreuther

Manuscript Paper: Discontinuous Staves  Continuous Staves  Piano Staves

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Chromatic scale from C to C in 6-6 Klavar by Cornelis Pot C C#/Db D D#/Eb E F F#/Gb G G#/Ab A A#/Ab B C

6-6 Klavar by Cornelis Pot

Chromatic scale from C to C in Untitled by Arnold Schoenberg C C#/Db D D#/Eb E F F#/Gb G G#/Ab A A#/Ab B C

Untitled by Arnold Schoenberg

← Previous Two Notation Systems ←

Chromatic scale from C to C in Chromatic scale from C to C in Hass Notation by Peter Hass C C#/Db D D#/Eb E F F#/Gb G G#/Ab A A#/Ab B C

Hass Notation, 3-Line Version by Peter Hass

Chromatic scale from C to C in Trilinear Music Notation by José A. Sotorrio C C#/Db D D#/Eb E F F#/Gb G G#/Ab A A#/Ab B C

Trilinear Notation by José A. Sotorrio

Notation System Groups

  • Lines a Whole Step Apart, 5 Lines per Octave
  • Lines a Whole Step Apart, 4 or 3 Lines per Octave
  • Lines a Whole Step Apart, 6 Lines per Octave
  • Lines a Whole Step and Major 3rd Apart, 4 per Octave
  • Lines a Minor 3rd Apart, 3 or 4 Lines per Octave
  • Lines a Major 3rd Apart, 3 Lines per Octave
  • Lines a Major 3rd Apart, 2 Lines per Octave
  • Lines a Major 3rd Apart, 2 per Octave, Compact Staff
  • Lines a Tritone Apart, 2 per Octave, or 1 Line per Octave
  • 7-5 Line Pattern, 3, 5, or 6 Lines per Octave
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