(Berklee Guide). Learn the nuances of music notation, and create
professional looking scores. This reference presents a comprehensive
look at contemporary music notation. You will learn the meaning and
stylistic practices for many types of notation that are currently in
common use, from traditional staffs to lead sheets to guitar tablature.
It discusses hundreds of notation symbols, as well as general guidelines
for writing music. Berklee College of Music brings together teachers and
students from all over the world, and we use notation in a great variety
of ways. This book presents our perspectives on notation: what we have
found to be the most commonly used practices in today's music industry,
and what seems to be serving our community best. It includes a foreword
by Matthew Nicholl, who was a long-time chair of Berklee's Contemporary
Writing and Production Department. Whether you find yourself in a
Nashville recording studio, Hollywood sound stage, grand concert hall,
worship choir loft, or elementary school auditorium, this book will help
you to create readable, professional, publication-quality notation.
Beyond understanding the standard rules and definitions, you will learn
to make appropriate choices for your own work, and generally how to
achieve clarity and consistency in your notation so that it best serves
your music.
