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source as .pdf: PMN – introduction

by PASHKULI

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Sheet Music

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Musical Examples

  • Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody 2 (excerpt)
  • W.C. MacFarlane: Spring Song (excerpt)

Notation Systems

  • Black-Oval Twinline by Paul Morris
  • Chromatic Pairs by Fernando Terra
  • Color Coded Music
  • DCMN Dozenal Conventional Music Notation
  • DCMN-Details
  • DS66 Music Notation
  • Equiton Music Notation by Rodney Fawcett
  • Express Stave by John Keller
  • Hamburg Music Notation by Robert Elisabeth Key
  • Hamburg Music Notation Poster
  • Hass Music Notation (original version) by Peter Hass
  • Howe-Way Music Notation by Hilbert Howe
  • I-Accord Music Notation by Saieb Khalil
  • Minimal 6-6 Notation System by Paul Morris
  • Modified Schoenberg notation for Guitar (MSG) by Ole Kirkeby
  • Numbered Notes by Jason MacCoy
  • Plain Music Notation system by Pashkuli
  • Shape Note Notation
  • Slantnote by David Zethmayr
  • SLING guitar notation by Ole Kirkeby
  • Traditional Music Notation
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  • Untitled by Johann Ailler
  • VaWu-XeYuZe

Rhythm Notation

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Nomenclature

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Music Theory

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  • The Squiggle Method of Pitch Visualization

Instruments

  • 6-6 Colored Traditional (7-5) Keyboard
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  • Tri-Chromatic Keyboard Layout
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Software

  • Kevin Dalley’s LilyPond Code
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