Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Learn to read music in Medieval notaion

 Ever see music written like this:

and wind up confused?

If you're interested in understanding it, click on either of the links below
Here
Here

Either one is quite handy.  I've been trying to understand my Liber Usualis, an absolutely AWESOME book.

The online version of the 1961 edition can be found here.

2 comments:

  1. alas, no. My singing ability lies somewhere between "Lady Gaga" and "Cat stuck in a tree"...With the cat being the far more talented musician!;)

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