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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
83 This section highlights issues that are relevant to the
84 notation of rhythm in contemporary music.
87 * References for contemporary approaches to rhythm::
88 * Tuplets in contemporary music::
89 * Contemporary time signatures::
90 * Extended polymetric notation::
91 * Beams in contemporary music::
92 * Bar lines in contemporary music::
96 @node References for contemporary approaches to rhythm
97 @unnumberedsubsubsec References for contemporary approaches to rhythm
100 @item Compound time signatures are addressed in @ref{Time signature}.
102 @item Basic polymetric notation is addressed in
103 @ref{Polymetric notation}.
105 @item Feathered beams are addressed in @ref{Feathered beams}.
107 @item Mensurstriche barlines (barlines between staves only) are
108 addressed in @ref{Grouping staves}.
113 @node Tuplets in contemporary music
114 @unnumberedsubsubsec Tuplets in contemporary music
117 Extended discussion of modern tuplets, including
118 non-standard ratios, nested tuplets and customising
119 the appearance of tuplets (ratios, note values etc.)
120 Also how to provide an ossia RhythmicStaff to help
121 players break down a complicated tuplet.
125 @node Contemporary time signatures
126 @unnumberedsubsubsec Contemporary time signatures
129 Extended discussion of compound time signatures
130 including Graham P.'s work; non-standard time
131 signatures such as 7/10, 5/6; alternative
132 notations such as Orff-esque 4/note, placing a
133 single time signature across multiple staves, or
134 placing time signatures at the top of StaffGroups
135 or systems rather than in the stave.
139 @node Extended polymetric notation
140 @unnumberedsubsubsec Extended polymetric notation
143 Extended examples e.g. different instruments
144 or ensembles with independent tempi
148 @node Beams in contemporary music
149 @unnumberedsubsubsec Beams in contemporary music
152 Beaming practises, stemlets, Boulez-esque displaying
153 of beamed notes with flags
157 @node Bar lines in contemporary music
158 @unnumberedsubsubsec Bar lines in contemporary music
161 Mensurstriche barlines, tick barlines, etc.
165 @node Graphical notation
166 @subsection Graphical notation
169 @node Contemporary scoring techniques
170 @subsection Contemporary scoring techniques
173 @node New instrumental techniques
174 @subsection New instrumental techniques