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For details, see the Contributors' + Guide, node Updating translation committishes.. +@end ignore + +@c \version "2.14.0" + + +@node Contemporary music +@section Contemporary music + +From the beginning of the 20th Century there has been a massive +expansion of compositional style and technique. New harmonic +and rhythmic developments, an expansion of the pitch spectrum +and the development of a wide range of new instrumental +techniques have been accompanied by a parallel evolution and +expansion of musical notation. The purpose of this section is +to provide references and information relevant to working with +these new notational techniques. + +@menu +* Pitch and harmony in contemporary music:: +* Contemporary approaches to rhythm:: +* Graphical notation:: +* Contemporary scoring techniques:: +* New instrumental techniques:: +* Further reading and scores of interest:: +@end menu + + +@node Pitch and harmony in contemporary music +@subsection Pitch and harmony in contemporary music + +This section highlights issues that are relevant to notating +pitch and harmony in contemporary music. + +@menu +* References for pitch and harmony in contemporary music:: +* Microtonal notation:: +* Contemporary key signatures and harmony:: +@end menu + + +@node References for pitch and harmony in contemporary music +@unnumberedsubsubsec References for pitch and harmony in contemporary music + +@itemize +@item Standard quarter-tone notation is addressed in +@ref{Note names in other languages}. + +@item Non-standard key signatures are addressed in +@ref{Key signature}. + +@item Contemporary practises in displaying accidentals are +addressed in @ref{Automatic accidentals}. + +@end itemize + + +@node Microtonal notation +@unnumberedsubsubsec Microtonal notation + +@ignore + Discussion of microtones other than quarter-tones, + alternative notations (arrows, slash-flats), etc. +@end ignore + + +@node Contemporary key signatures and harmony +@unnumberedsubsubsec Contemporary key signatures and harmony + +@ignore + Discussion of contemporary key signatures: + non-standard, polytonality, etc. +@end ignore + + +@node Contemporary approaches to rhythm +@subsection Contemporary approaches to rhythm + +This section highlights issues that are relevant to the +notation of rhythm in contemporary music. + +@menu +* References for contemporary approaches to rhythm:: +* Tuplets in contemporary music:: +* Contemporary time signatures:: +* Extended polymetric notation:: +* Beams in contemporary music:: +* Bar lines in contemporary music:: +@end menu + + +@node References for contemporary approaches to rhythm +@unnumberedsubsubsec References for contemporary approaches to rhythm + +@itemize +@item Compound time signatures are addressed in @ref{Time signature}. + +@item Basic polymetric notation is addressed in +@ref{Polymetric notation}. + +@item Feathered beams are addressed in @ref{Feathered beams}. + +@item Mensurstriche bar lines (bar lines between staves only) are +addressed in @ref{Grouping staves}. + +@end itemize + + +@node Tuplets in contemporary music +@unnumberedsubsubsec Tuplets in contemporary music + +@ignore + Extended discussion of modern tuplets, including + non-standard ratios, nested tuplets and customising + the appearance of tuplets (ratios, note values etc.) + Also how to provide an ossia RhythmicStaff to help + players break down a complicated tuplet. +@end ignore + + +@node Contemporary time signatures +@unnumberedsubsubsec Contemporary time signatures + +@ignore + Extended discussion of compound time signatures + including Graham P.'s work; non-standard time + signatures such as 7/10, 5/6; alternative + notations such as Orff-esque 4/note, placing a + single time signature across multiple staves, or + placing time signatures at the top of StaffGroups + or systems rather than in the stave. +@end ignore + + +@node Extended polymetric notation +@unnumberedsubsubsec Extended polymetric notation + +@ignore + Extended examples e.g. different instruments + or ensembles with independent tempi +@end ignore + + +@node Beams in contemporary music +@unnumberedsubsubsec Beams in contemporary music + +@ignore + Beaming practises, stemlets, Boulez-esque displaying + of beamed notes with flags +@end ignore + + +@node Bar lines in contemporary music +@unnumberedsubsubsec Bar lines in contemporary music + +@ignore + Mensurstriche barlines, tick barlines, etc. +@end ignore + + +@node Graphical notation +@subsection Graphical notation + + +@node Contemporary scoring techniques +@subsection Contemporary scoring techniques + + +@node New instrumental techniques +@subsection New instrumental techniques + + +@node Further reading and scores of interest +@subsection Further reading and scores of interest + +This section suggests books, musical examples and other +resources useful in studying contemporary musical notation. + +@menu +* Books and articles on contemporary musical notation:: +* Scores and musical examples:: +@end menu + + +@node Books and articles on contemporary musical notation +@unnumberedsubsubsec Books and articles on contemporary musical notation + +@itemize +@item +@emph{Music Notation in the Twentieth Century: A Practical Guidebook} +by Kurt Stone [W. W. Norton, 1980] + +@item +@emph{Music Notation: A Manual of Modern Practice} by Gardner Read +[Taplinger, 1979] + +@item +@emph{Instrumentation and Orchestration} by Alfred Blatter [Schirmer, +2nd ed. 1997] + +@end itemize + + +@node Scores and musical examples +@unnumberedsubsubsec Scores and musical examples + +@ignore + Rough list of composers whose work could be included + (in alphabetical order, perhaps with suggested work): + + Pierre Boulez (Le Marteau Sans Maître?) + John Cage (Freeman Etudes?) + George Crumb (Black Angels?) + Brian Ferneyhough (Transit? Time & Motion Studies?) + Ben Johnston (extended just intonation example) + György Ligeti (several, including Hamburg Concerto) + Krzysztof Penderecki (Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima?) + Karlheinz Stockhausen (Gruppen?) +@end ignore +