I've been watching some videos from the Gregorian Chant Academy but the videos are extremely dry and too disconnected from the music. The gentleman seems very knowledgeable, but he blows through vocabulary quickly (which can get confusing when first getting acclimated) and while he describes what types of things the notation indicates, he does nothing to connect it to the actual music. It would be helpful to hear examples either sung by the person to show the effect each marking indicated, or connect it to recordings to showcase how the music may be interpreted.
Does anyone have a good resource that acts as a solid primer to neumes?

I am new to this so forgive my ignorance. I really love learning about older music theory. I usually have seen Neume music notation have a four line staff. This one has a five line staff. Also there seems to be a very small hash (#) symbol under some of the notation. Is it possible this one is a combination of the modern five line staff with older style music notation? Really trying to figure it out but cannot find anything online to point me in the right direction. The lectern with the written music is displayed at Mission Santa Ínes in Solvang, CA.

Hello everyone. I'm Claudio, an Argentinian lutenist and teacher living in Rome, dedicated to early music, especially the repertoire for archlute and Baroque lute from the 17th and 18th centuries. I work with historical sources, manuscripts, and performance practices.

I'd like to participate more actively in this community, share recordings, exchange ideas, and help anyone who needs to find or decipher tablature. I'm sharing a recent performance here in case anyone wants to add some late Baroque music to their week. I invite you to listen, and if the performance resonates with you, feel free to share it—your support helps keep historical performance alive and thriving.

 Thank you for welcoming me. I'm delighted to find a space where early music sparks interest.

By the flats, they just seem to be a distinct notation of a treble and bass clef, but the more recognizable/modern versions of the two appear elsewhere in the book, sometimes switching in the middle of the song (without even indicating a clef change). Anybody know what these are called?

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Trying to build up download counts, so everything is free with no strings attached or hidden headaches.

I played this game musical hangman with my students for 10 years and they enjoyed it while greatly improving their note recognition skills.

Thank you!

Hi guys, I lately offered an edition of mine to Carus (rather prominent music editor, especially for vocal music in Germany) - and they stated that the use of mensural lines for editions of renaissance music isn't "state of the art" anymore. What is your take on this? As a singer I really like them more than regular bar lines (and definitely more than no lines at all...). Is there any literature you could recommend about the "state of the art" of editing baroque and renaissance music today?

I have been distant due to "Life Happening," and want to tell you all that I'll be more active. Thank you for being understanding!

The University of Basel (Switzerland) offers a free Online Course about how to decode Medieval Musical Manuscripts and has been digging deep in the libraries treasures for this course. Among others there was a manuscript from the early 14th century that was never transcribed into modern musical notation until now. Exclusively for the Online Course it was sung the first time in 700 years by professional musicians and taken on video. Have a look here: https://youtu.be/gQRgjb3YB5I and find out more about the free online course here: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/from-ink-to-sound

The project is Wiki Score - http://wiki-score.org/ - and there are quite a few transcriptions going on. It's pretty easy to collaborate - just use an ABC editor (like EasyABC) and follow the instructions on the website and you're good to go. For those who aren't familiar with ABC, trust me, you'll love it - writing music is like 5 times faster with it than with Sibelius, Finale etc.

Many of the pieces have NEVER been transcribed or played, and have a very interesting musicologic value to them. And as I'm sure you understand, preserving this kind of legacy is very hard if not done in a collaborative, global scale.

Come help us out! Pugnani's "Demetrio a Rodi" is a huge piece and needs more capable hands!

Hi everyone. I'm working on an exam paper on medieval plainchant and I'm looking for a good example from a manuscript that shows adiastematic neumes. Does anyone know of a good source that is available online?

I have a book of tunes that was printed in 1863, "The Musician's Omnibus". The typesetting and fonts are typical of the period. As most of the tunes are dance tunes, there are lots of repeat signs. The repeat signs have four dots (one in each space) instead of the usual two. Is that typical of the time period, or just really unusual? As they are all that way, It doesn't seem to MEAN anything different.

I'm working on an app for typesetting music in the style of early 17th century Italy. Part of my task is composing a good font. It would make my life so much easier if I could find a good exemplar of all known glyphs used by a particular publisher.

Any pointers? Thanks!

I've been trying to find more information on how Kilmer translated the writing. Does anyone know where I can find specifics? How accurate do you think her work is?

http://www.openculture.com/2014/07/the-oldest-song-in-the-world.html

I am currently translating an old antiphonal leaf, and although thats going swimmingly, I know nothing about the musical notation that throughout the document.

http://gyazo.com/f8b673f24cd59daddfaa54364c69e1f0

http://gyazo.com/46e22db813806e3ac057d44b051f333d

Symbols like this are all through out the page, sometimes along the side, other times more embedded in the lines. Any idea what it means?

http://gyazo.com/0599bde774cea6d98a4008c8644afee4

Theres also this guy, not nearly as common, I've only seen it show up 2 or 3 times