Monday 5 March 2012

About Piano: What Is 'Pitch Notation?'

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From Brandy Kraemer, your Guide to Piano
Pitch notation is a system of letters, numbers, and/or symbols used to easily reference a specific note or frequency, and a few variations of pitch notation exist:

Scientific Pitch Notation
The main system used in the U.S. is "scientific pitch notation" (or SPN). See the keyboard labeled with... Read more

Solfège Notation
In areas where Romance languages prevail, as well as in much of Eastern Europe, solfège is always preferred to note letters. For example... Read more
See More About:  french musical terms  music theory 

Helmholtz Pitch Notation
Similar to the English notation system, the Helmholtz, or German, notation system is seen... Read more

MIDI-Labeled Keyboard
Now that MIDI controllers are so prevalent, this system is becoming more useful to know... Read more
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