Music Notation: A Manual of Modern Practice
by Gardner Read · Gardner Read
A detailed reference manual on modern music notation by composer and teacher Gardner Read. Covers conventions for pitch, rhythm, meter, dynamics, and articulation, plus idiomatic notation for specific instruments and voices, so readers can prepare clear, correct scores.
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