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Inspired by a recent thread by . @orguemystique...
What about a thread on medieval notation systems as British biscuits?
What about a thread on medieval notation systems as British biscuits?
1. Square notation = Rich tea
Harmonic, dependable, reliable, your "bread and butter" biscuit.
Difficult to point anything wrong with it, but perhaps not the most exciting...
Harmonic, dependable, reliable, your "bread and butter" biscuit.
Difficult to point anything wrong with it, but perhaps not the most exciting...
2. Gothic neumes = Digestives
Still simple and harmonic, still a safe bet, yet with an added edge compared to the square notation...
Still simple and harmonic, still a safe bet, yet with an added edge compared to the square notation...
3. Daseian notation = Dark chocolate digestives
A bit of a connoisseur thing, not for the general public. Still, quite simple and straightforward once you get into it.
A bit of a connoisseur thing, not for the general public. Still, quite simple and straightforward once you get into it.
4. Modal notation = Custard creams
If you split the two halves of a custard cream and removed the filling, it would be a completely useless biscuit. Same as with modal notation, where the value of each note is not in the note itself but in how it is grouped with others .
If you split the two halves of a custard cream and removed the filling, it would be a completely useless biscuit. Same as with modal notation, where the value of each note is not in the note itself but in how it is grouped with others .
5. Trecento notation = shortbread
Look at those airy semibreves, look at those stylized minims. I refuse to believe that Trecento notation can be anything else than shortbread.
Look at those airy semibreves, look at those stylized minims. I refuse to believe that Trecento notation can be anything else than shortbread.
6. Ars nova notation = Jaffa cakes
There's the balance, there's the contrast, there's the depth, there's a tiny hint of darkness. This notation (and this biscuit) has it all.
There's the balance, there's the contrast, there's the depth, there's a tiny hint of darkness. This notation (and this biscuit) has it all.
7. Ars subtilior notation = Jammie dodgers
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. What else can I say? There are moments in life where depth and substance don't matter.
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. What else can I say? There are moments in life where depth and substance don't matter.
8. Franconian notation = malted milk biscuits
Eminently reasonable, perfectly balanced and fine-tuned. Perhaps not very exciting at first sight, but Franconian notation - like malted milk biscuits - is a hidden gem.
Eminently reasonable, perfectly balanced and fine-tuned. Perhaps not very exciting at first sight, but Franconian notation - like malted milk biscuits - is a hidden gem.
