Many people feel that western notation makes it unnecessarily hard to read music. If we want to sight read, learn music theory or just practice an instrument...

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00:00 - Setting the stage 09:26 - Notation must die INTRO! 15:12 - Ancient Greek notation 19:40 - The history of western notation 31:57 - Chromatic staves 36:15 - The piano roll 42:54 - Clefs (and resistance to change) 44:42 - Muto method 46:45 - Notation & the aristocracy 48:25 - Tablature 51:40 - Guitar Hero 52:51 - Klavarskribo 54:08 - Other types of keyboard notation 55:47 - Musitude! 1:01:18 - Dodeca 1:03:01 - Accessibility 1:04:31 - Farbige Noten 1:06:49 - Jullian Carrillo’s system 1:08:26 - The best of the rest 1:11:52 - Where can we go from here?