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12 @node Contemporary music
13 @section Contemporary music
15 From the beginning of the 20th Century there has been a massive
16 expansion of compositional style and technique. New harmonic
17 and rhythmic developments, an expansion of the pitch spectrum
18 and the development of a wide range of new instrumental
19 techniques have been accompanied by a parallel evolution and
20 expansion of musical notation. The purpose of this section is
21 to provide references and information relevant to working with
22 these new notational techniques.
25 * Pitch and harmony in contemporary music::
26 * Contemporary approaches to rhythm::
27 * Graphical notation::
28 * Contemporary scoring techniques::
29 * New instrumental techniques::
33 @node Pitch and harmony in contemporary music
34 @subsection Pitch and harmony in contemporary music
36 This section highlights issues that are relevant to notating
37 pitch and harmony in contemporary music.
40 * References for pitch and harmony in contemporary music::
41 * Microtonal notation::
42 * Contemporary key signatures and harmony::
46 @node References for pitch and harmony in contemporary music
47 @unnumberedsubsubsec References for pitch and harmony in contemporary music
50 @item Standard quarter-tone notation is addressed in
51 @ref{Note names in other languages}.
53 @item Non-standard key signatures are addressed in
56 @item Contemporary practises in displaying accidentals are
57 addressed in @ref{Automatic accidentals}.
62 @node Microtonal notation
63 @unnumberedsubsubsec Microtonal notation
66 Discussion of microtones other than quarter-tones,
67 alternative notations (arrows, slash-flats), etc.
71 @node Contemporary key signatures and harmony
72 @unnumberedsubsubsec Contemporary key signatures and harmony
75 Discussion of contemporary key signatures:
76 non-standard, polytonality, etc.
80 @node Contemporary approaches to rhythm
81 @subsection Contemporary approaches to rhythm
84 @node Graphical notation
85 @subsection Graphical notation
88 @node Contemporary scoring techniques
89 @subsection Contemporary scoring techniques
92 @node New instrumental techniques
93 @subsection New instrumental techniques