Graphic Scores: Beyond The Written Note

Over the centuries, musical notation has evolved from a set of vague scribbles into a precise, finely-tuned system for communicating musical ideas. But can we do better? Enter graphic scores, a movement that started in the mid-20th century to experiment with the principles of musical notation and see what happened. From purposefully ambiguous scores to notating computer effects, graphic scores have found numerous uses, even if traditional notation is still the most common. For now.

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SOURCES:
https://www.theguardian.com/music/201...
https://at.or.at/hans/solitude/
http://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.e...
https://blogthehum.wordpress.com/2016...

Script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R...

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