Intro to Numerical Notation
You don’t need an introduction to the idea of numerical notation if you are not classically trained on a guitar or piano. There’s tablature and chord numbering systems that work well enough that...
View ArticleUnderstanding Why Lettered Notation is Illogical
Music is not Science. There’s some interesting sciencey things about music, but music itself doesn’t have to perfect or logical. Classical notation using letters is a great example. It hasn’t changed...
View ArticleContinuing Numerical Notion
I get that this whole idea makes it seems like turning music into math and that is going to seem uncool to some people. I am not trying to make math seem cool. Advanced math is interesting to me...
View ArticleNumerical Notation and the 4ths vs. 5ths Paradox
There’s a smart sounding title, wonder if I’ve got anything to back it up. Here’s the clock again from last post. The idea of naming the notes with numbers within an octave is dead simple....
View ArticleNumerical Notation vs. Scientific Pitch Notation
I’ve been hoping to come up with something snappier than “Numerical Notation”, but it seems to be sticking so maybe it’s snappy enough. I think it’s unique enough to avoid confusion with other notation...
View ArticleStaff System for Numerical Notation
I made some quick sketches for my idea for a new type of staff system to get it out there. Each octave gets a line and the numerical value is written directly below. The standard graphical system for...
View ArticleNumerical Notation for Saxophones Revisited
Been thinking about getting back into the sax. I could never be a great player, especially after taking so many years off, but it’s fun to play the horn, any horn, even if you are just making noise....
View ArticleNumerical Notation and the 3rds Tuning for 7-String Guitar
I’m unfortunately averaging a post a month at the moment as I’ve had to prioritize finding more gainful employment (29 hrs/wk @ min. wage would do it), also Japanese class, which I could see myself...
View ArticleNumerical Notation: A Minor Threat
Hoo boy. Year of the Sheep, right? Some people only seem to notice when it’s a “cool” animal like a dragon or a snake. We have a name for these people: DILETTANTES. There’s nothing cool about sheep,...
View ArticleA New Kind of Numerical Notation
Important development in the comments section of the last post of the Numerical Notation category. In fact it was the not only the most recent post, but the final post before changing the name of the...
View ArticleMusic is Not Math
It’s this thing again. You may be new. I’ve got this idea I’ve been working on a while. It’s supposed to make writing music more simple, so instead of expanding the idea with each post, I’m gonna recap...
View ArticleMusic Might Require Some Math
In my most recent and more catchily-entitled post on numerical notation, I made the earth-shattering claim that a thing is not another thing. Now, let’s take things a step forward into what should be...
View ArticleHello.
I have recently discovered something by accident I was looking for intentionally for quite some time. It was an already existing, fully fleshed-out numerical notation system. There it is right on wiki....
View ArticleThinking about Intervals
Integer Notation doesn’t reinvent music theory, it just gives a different way to describe the notes. I’ve been thinking lately about how it might clash with other systems using numbers, like the...
View ArticleExtended Intervals
Remember this? Don’t worry about it. Y’know, people kinda take the 7 note diatonic scale for granted. This is why it might be confusing when you name the notes chromatically, as we (um, just me so far...
View ArticleAgainst Reaction
Occurred to me that most people are not aware how pervasive equal temperament is. Just want to make it clear that this is not part of some kind of reactionary movement is favor of the most conventional...
View ArticleFixed Interval Notation: Limits of Use
Hm, sounds legal. Not really, but it’s occurring to me now I’m making a system that’s more for analyzing than composing. Having some latitude with changing what frequency the note “A” is, for example,...
View ArticleFixed Interval Notation: Why…are you? Doing this! To me!?
Look, you came here, alright. This whole thing could be meaningless. I mean everything. But let’s not worry about that. What is just this thing about? Let’s think about Jimi Hendrix again. Most people...
View ArticleFixed Integer Notation: It Looks Real Bad When the Title Is Too Long
See, NOW it’s gone too far. Here we have an example where we’re no longer talking about the thing we’re talking about, but the delivery system of the idea. Can we fix the aesthetics of the delivery...
View ArticleGamelan & Sonic Youth
In many ancient traditions and contemporary settings, music is not written out for the performance. It’s worked out among the musicians, maybe by a lead composer type all at once, or by the group over...
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