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MUSC 115
Music Theory I
Music
Notation
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Score Formats
Popular Music: Musicnotes; Sheet Music Plus
- Lead-sheet notation
- Nashville Number System chord
charts
- Chords over Lyrics notation
Western Classical Music: IMSLP
- Full score
- Keyboard
format
- SATB reduced score
MuseScore
Notation Software
MuseScore
Studio: Free music notation software for Mac OS,
Windows, and Linux {Website}
- Download
- Documentation: MuseScore Studio
Handbook
- Video
Tutorials:
- Lesson
1 - Setting up your Score (1:32)
{YouTube}
- Lesson
2 - The Basics of Score Writing (4:22) {YouTube}
- Lesson
3 - Text, Lyrics & Chords (2:45) {YouTube}
- Lesson
4 - Dynamics, Articulations, Tempo & Text (3:20) {YouTube}
- Lesson
5 - Layout & Parts (4:57)
{YouTube}
TOTAL
DURATION: ca. 20 min.
Other Tutorials and Videos
- Tutorials
- MuseScore,
YouTube
Channel
- MuseScore
Studio 4.5: A Huge Workflow Upgrade {YouTube}
- MuseScore
Studio 4: {YouTube}
- Announcing
MuseScore 4 {YouTube}
- Differences
Between V3 & V4 {YouTube}
- Engraving
Improvements {YouTube}
- Using
MIDI Keyboards {YouTube}
- Guitar
& Percussion {YouTube}
- Marc
Sabatella, Mastering MuseScore: Getting Started with
MuseScore 4 {YouTube;
Website}
Free
Manuscript Paper
- Alfred
Cramer, Manuscript paper for theory assignments {Pomona.edu}
- 10 single
staves per page {pdf}
- 5 dual
staves (for grand staves) per page {pdf}
- MusicTheory.net,
Staff Paper Generator {MT.net}
Notation
Guidelines
- LearnMusicTheory.net,
Summary of Notation Guidelines {pdf}
– Beginner
- Indiana
University Composition Program, Music
Notation Style Guide – Intermediate
- Elaine
Gould, Behind Bars – Advanced (Gould 2011)
Reference
Gould,
Elaine. 2011. Behind Bars: The Definitive Guide to Music
Notation. London: Faber Music Ltd. {GB}