Notation Must Die: The Battle For How We Read Music

Many people feel that western notation makes it unnecessarily hard to read music. If we want to sight read, learn music theory or just practice an instrument, surely there’s a better way? Right? This has been a hot topic for almost 1000 years... AND I PUT IT TO BED RIGHT HERE! Support me on Patreon: View my content on Nebula: Tweet my Twitteriness: Come visit our Discord: Subtitles by Pentameron ---------- CHAPTERS ---------- 00:00 - Setting the stage 09:26 - Notation must die INTRO! 15:12 - Ancient Greek notation 19:40 - The history of western notation 31:57 - Chromatic staves 36:15 - The piano roll 42:54 - Clefs (and resistance to change) 44:42 - Muto method 46:45 - Notation & the aristocracy 48:25 - Tablature 51:40 - Guitar Hero 52:51 - Klavarskribo 54:08 - Other types of keyboard notation 55:47