[I. A very thorough overview of engraving practices of various
craftsmen. It includes detailed specs of characters, dimensions etc.
-II. a thorough overview of a (by now antiquated) automated system
-called Ikarus; EDV Means e(lektronischen) D(aten)v(erarbeitung),
-electronic data processing HWN]
+II. a thorough overview of a anonymous (by now antiquated) automated
+system. EDV Means e(lektronischen) D(aten)v(erarbeitung), electronic
+data processing HWN]
Maxwell Weaner and Walter Boelke, Standard Music Notation Practice,
revised edition by Arnold Broido and Daniel Dorff. Music Publisher's
[Sound (boring) review of the various hairy rhythmic notations used by
avant-garde composers HWN]
-Gardner Read. ``Music Notation'' (2nd edition). Taplinger Publishing,
-New York.
+Gardner Read. ``Music Notation: a Manual of Modern Practice'' (2nd
+edition). Taplinger Publishing, New York.
[This is as close to the ``standard'' reference work for music
notation issues as one is likely to get. MB]
OSU-CISRC-3/88-TR10, Department of Computer and Information Science,
The Ohio State University, 1988.
-[Rules on formatting music formulated for use in computers HWN]
+[Rules on formatting music formulated for use in computers. Mainly distilled
+from [Ross] HWN]
+
=head2 Notation with computers
The University of Colorado Music Engraving page.
http://obenamots.cc.colorado.edu/Musicpress/engraving.html
+[Webpages about engraving (designed with finale users in mind) (sic) HWN]
+
+Richard Rastall. ``The Notation of Western Music: an
+Introduction''. J. M. Dent & Sons London, 1983
+
+[Interesting account of the evolution and origin of common notation
+starting from neumes, and ending with modern innovations HWN]
+
Anthony Donato. Preparing Music Manuscript. Englewood Cliffs:
Prentice-Hall, 1963.
=head2 File formats
-Tablature: http://wabakimi.carleton.ca/~phacket2/guitar/tabfaq.html
+Howard Wright <Howard.Wright@ed.ac.uk>, how to read and write tab: a
+guide to tab notation,
+http://wabakimi.carleton.ca/~phacket2/guitar/tabfaq.html
+
+[FAQ (with answers) about TAB, the ASCII variant of Tablature. HWN]
Cindy Grande, NIFF6a Notation Interchange File Format. Grande
Software Inc., 1995. ftp://blackbox.cartah.washington.edu/pub/,