Threatening Music Notation pulls plug
Music nerds farewell the popular social media stream devoted to the weirdest and wildest examples of music notation.
November 25, 2024
Notation software Finale is discontinued
The music notation software reaches its end bar line after 35 years and points to Dorico as its successor.
August 27, 2024
The Art of Dotted Notes
With new software Ria Andriani transcribes musical scores to braille. As the community becomes more aware, she hopes vision-impaired people will find it easier to participate in ensembles and choirs.
November 2, 2018
Carl Vine joins Aussie educators in defending musical notation
Musica Viva's AD and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s Director of Learning share their views on the furore.
April 10, 2017
Richard Gill weighs in on Guardian musical notation furore
The educator and conductor says the notion that teaching musical notation to children is elitist is “a strange idea indeed”.
April 6, 2017
Sir Simon Rattle joins attack on Guardian musical notation piece
An article on music education, critical of traditional theory, has drawn the ire of the music community for “anti-intellectualism”.
April 4, 2017
Samsung launches app that turns singing into sheet music
The phone giant’s Hum On! app was presented at the 2016 South by Southwest Festival. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
March 15, 2016
Politics at play: the daunting task of performing Treatise
Ensemble Offspring discusses the challenges of interpreting Cardew’s revolutionary score. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
May 1, 2011