Well, this will humble me. I just stumbled upon it on Wikipedia: an old-school (9th-10th century) form of notation!
Hard to believe that ever meant anything to anybody. :) Other crazy stuff here.
Monday, November 24, 2008
An older form of Gregorian Chant notation
Sometimes during TLMs I find the chants in the back of my missal and sing along, and feel pretty cool that I can read the notation (it's very close to the way modern music is written).
Well, this will humble me. I just stumbled upon it on Wikipedia: an old-school (9th-10th century) form of notation!
Hard to believe that ever meant anything to anybody. :) Other crazy stuff here.
Well, this will humble me. I just stumbled upon it on Wikipedia: an old-school (9th-10th century) form of notation!
Hard to believe that ever meant anything to anybody. :) Other crazy stuff here.
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Consider myself musically illiterate, but awesome :)
chants are written in neumes...this one looks a bit blurry-- but I'd say it has the distinction of a scandicus and salicus form.
Farfarolla, you are a woman of surprising knowledge as well as hidden talents!
I am sure Mrs.Levine and Mr. Mertens (old music teachers) would be very proud I remember something from their grueling class. I would probably know a bit more had I not spent half of that time ditching. In my defense though I was quite petrified of standing next to a piano and singing in front of a bunch of random strangers.
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