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Notation Through TimeMain MenuMusical Notation Through Timeby Courtney MarshallIntroductionOriginal VisualizationOrganumNeumatic NotationHow is all of this Related?ImitationGregorian Chant ArcsCourtney Marshalle8e309e3dda94aa45f143b7afdf7ddeb794c3a50
Baroque Tonality
1media/Courtney Notation Exercise.png2017-05-09T22:49:49-07:00Courtney Marshalle8e309e3dda94aa45f143b7afdf7ddeb794c3a50182805image_header2017-06-27T09:16:46-07:00Courtney Marshalle8e309e3dda94aa45f143b7afdf7ddeb794c3a50One of the main general characteristics of baroque music are basso continuo or thoroughbass. This is when the composer would write the melody or melodies, but allowed the performers to fill in the chords or inner voices. We can also see the emergence of figured bass in the baroque era. I used the same media for this page because it is essentially the same thing, with a few minor adjustments. This assignment asked for us to revisit the idea of creating a new system of musical notation. I basically reused the same method from my original visualization, and added a little more detail to it. If you refer to the picture from the first notation assignment, the structure is basically the same; (Original guidelines) Every note is represented by a different a different color. Every note is represented by a line. The length of each line represents the duration of each line. If there are lyrics, the corresponding lyric, or syllable, will be placed under each note. The number to the left of each line implies which octave that note is to be played (or heard) in. If two notes are to sound simultaneously, they will appear one on top of the other. (New Guidelines) Rests are represented by circles, depending on the duration of the rest, some of the circle will be shaded.