Essential Dictionary of Music Notation (The essential dictionary series]): The Most Practical and Concise Source for Music Notation

Love: 1. well written and easy to understand 2. for my initial queries, easy to find the answer + what made me laugh .... 3. It is tiny 14 cm by 10.4cm

An excellent little book that covers all the essentials of modern, standard music notation. It's very well presented and laid out - the text is very clear and there are numerous music examples which only add to the clarity. Early methods of notation, such as neumes, exotic modern notation techniques (for example for aleatoric or electronic music) and notation for non-western instruments are not covered. Tablature for string instruments such as guitars is dealt with briefly but adequately. It's also small and so, easily portable. Recommended.

Very good comprehensive dictionary of notation. Clearly presented with plenty of examples throughout. Arrows illustrate the right ways to notate and common mistakes are pointed out (see example on 'beaming' quavers below). Can be used as a reference for dipping into or reading cover to cover. Good value for money indeed!

A handy little publication.

Great for pre-university students as all of the basics are covered including, for example, notating for organ with pedals. Easy to find information that is well presented, just be aware of some differences in spellings and terms that UK users should be aware of.

My son is on Grade 2 violin and, at the suggestion of his music teacher, got him a dictionary to help with theory. Not being very musical, I wasn't really sure what to look for so plumped for this out of several options. His teacher had not seen this before and was very impressed with it. It is proving very useful.

Not the fault of the book, but it is for fully fledged musicians not someone trying to make sense of the notation itself.

All I can say is that I needed a quick (thin!) reference book for some notation points and this hit the spot perfectly, The fact it's such a low price can lead you to think it won't be much good but that's not the case here. I continue to refer to it regularly.

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Don't let the small size of the book fool you. This book is packed with drawings of the music notation accompanying each definition, so you know what the they look like. I thought it was the best book on Amazon that had drawings of music notation. You don't need to study this whole book. Just refer to it when you come across some music notation that you don't know what it is. The book is in alphabetical order. If you don't know what the name of the music notation is in your sheet music to find it in this book, then look it up in a search engine on your computer using only a few words to describe what it looks like. Then you will know the name of the music notation and can find it in this book. Use this book along with the "Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music". Like it's name says, it's concise. The "Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music" is very inexpensive on Amazon, too. This book has no drawings of the music notation. It has in depth definitions on music notation and meny other things about music that the "Essential Dictionary of Music Notation" does not have. It is a great book to use together with the Essential Dictionary of Music Notation. In my opinion, both are essential reference books for musicians.

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Un bon livre pour aider les débutants à lire les partitions. Si vous rencontrez une notation que vous ne comprenez pas, il vous apportera probablement une explication claire. Cependant, si vous écrivez vos propres partitions, gardez à l'esprit que ce livre date d'il y a près de 30 ans, avant que les logiciels de notation musicale ne soient trop chers pour la plupart des musiciens amateurs. La plupart des conseils qu'il donne concernent des sujets que votre logiciel gère déjà correctement. Il fait des généralisations, pardonnables compte tenu de sa taille réduite. Mais cela signifie aussie que si un logiciel de notation haut de gamme ne suit pas ses conseils, il est peut-être préférable de faire confiance au logiciel.

Gran libro sobre escritura musical ideal para todo compositor que se precie.