The University of Basel, Switzerland has invited absolutely anyone and everyone to a free, seven-week, online course on the history and philology of music notation. Squiggles, squares, slashes, dots ...

When I was an untutored rock musician, I envied my colleagues who could read and write music notation. They could access and study material that literally was a closed book to me. So, at one point in ...

We love to try new music players, for they all have something interesting to offer, even if the design is the only aspect. Over the years, we’ve used several different music players, but for the most ...

Last month I introduced the ABC music notation system. This month, I continue our tour of notation programs for Linux with a look at the Common Music Notation system from composer/programmer Bill ...