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Behind Bars: The Definitive Guide to Music Notation

Contents

1. GENERAL CONVENTIONS
   1. Ground Rules
   2. Chords - Dotted notes - Ties
   3. Accidentals and Key Signatures
   4. Dynamics and Articulation
   5. Grace Notes, Arpeggiated Chords, Trills, Glissandos and Vibrato
   6. Metre
   7. Tuplets
   8. Repeat Signs
2. IDIOMATIC NOTATION
   9. Woodwind and Brass
   10. Percussion
   11. Keyboard
   12. Harp
   13. Classical Guitar
   14. Strings
   15. Vocal Music
3. LAYOUT AND PRESENTATION
   16. Preparing Materials
   17. Score Layout
   18. Part Preparation
   19. Electroacoustic Music
   20. Freedom and Choice

Further information (PDFs):

• Sample of 14 pages from the book: pdf (1.3Mb)
• Table of contents:
  • detailed from the brochure: pdf (1.0Mb)
  • from the front of the book: pdf (70kb)