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MUTO Notation
by MUTO Music Method Foundation, 1995

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

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The basic staff has three lines spaced a tritone apart. The middle line represents F#/Gb and the bottom and top lines are bold and represent C. Between any two adjacent lines there are five elevations at which notes can be placed, three of which use ledger lines. One pair of ledger lines represents D and E, and the other pair G#/Ab and A#/Bb. If you include the ledger lines, each line of the staff is evenly spaced at a whole step apart, resulting in a 6-6 line pattern of alternating line-notes and space-notes.

Website: MUTO Music Method Foundation

Earliest documentation: 1995

Source: MUTO Music Method Foundation Website

→ Next Two Notation Systems →

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

Thumline Notation by Jim Plamondon

Chromatic scale from C to C in Express Stave: Pianoforte Notation by John Keller C C#/Db D D#/Eb E F F#/Gb G G#/Ab A A#/Ab B C

Express Stave: Pianoforte Notation by John Keller

← Previous Two Notation Systems ←

Chromatic scale from C to C in TwinNote TD by Paul Morris C C#/Db D D#/Eb E F F#/Gb G G#/Ab A A#/Ab B C

TwinNote TD by Paul Morris

Chromatic scale from C to C in Chromatic Nydana by Dan Lindgren C C#/Db D D#/Eb E F F#/Gb G G#/Ab A A#/Ab B C

Chromatic Nydana by Dan Lindgren

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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