The horizontal spacing of musical symbols: a brief historical overview

Authors

  • Michael Talbot University of Liverpool British Academy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3986/dmd05.1.03

Keywords:

notation, musical time, perception / conception of music

Abstract

Over the last 350 years or so the horizontal spacing of notes and rests has moved from a situation where the principle of equidistance between symbols (the most economical of space) is dominant to one in which the precise vertical alignment of musically coincident symbols and, to a smaller extent, the translation of temporal duration into horizontal distance is observed. The paper examines the reason for the change and some of its effects.

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Published

2015-06-20

How to Cite

Talbot, M. (2015). The horizontal spacing of musical symbols: a brief historical overview. De Musica Disserenda, 5(1), 33–41. https://doi.org/10.3986/dmd05.1.03

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2009)

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