Musical Notation

John Zata

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These three events in the history of western music describe how people tried to write a language for pitch and duration of pitch. These three events in the history of western music describe how people tried to write a language for pitch and duration of pitch.

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Year 1000:

The first official form of musical notation that would become the basis of modern day musical notation was created by Guido d'Arrezo in the year 1000 A.D.

Year 1025:

Guido d'Arrezo would later introduce the names of notation (do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)

Year 1050:

Time values given to musical notation

The Future of Musical Notation

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