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1 Richard Rastall, The Notation of Western Music (London: J.M. Dent and Sons, 1983), p. 2.

2 Rastall, The Notation of Western Music, p. 6-7.

3 Rastall, The Notation of Western Music, p. 15.

4 Rastall, The Notation of Western Music, p. 27.

5 Ian D. Bent and others. "History of Western Notation," Grove Music Online (Accessed March 12, 2006), http://www.grovemusic.com

6 Rastall, The Notation of Western Music, p. 23.

7 Rastall, The Notation of Western Music, p. 29.

8 Rastall, The Notation of Western Music, p. 30-31.

9 Rastall, The Notation of Western Music, p. 31.

10 Rastall, The Notation of Western Music, p. 32.

11 Rastall, The Notation of Western Music, p. 175, 183.

12 Bent, "History of Western Notation," Grove Music.

13 Rastall, The Notation of Western Music, p. 177.

14 Rastall, The Notation of Western Music, p. 186.

15 Rastall, The Notation of Western Music, p. 193.

16 Rastall, The Notation of Western Music, p. 194.

17 Rastall, The Notation of Western Music, p. 197.

18 Rastall, The Notation of Western Music, p. 187.

19 Harry Partch, "Experiments in Notation," in Contemporary Composers on Contemporary Music, ed. Elliot Schwartz and Barney Childs (New York: Holt, Richard and Winston, 1967), p. 211.

20 Partch, "Experiments in Notation," p. 20.

21 Bent, "History of Western Notation," Grove Music.

22 David Cope, New Music Notation (Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall and Hunt, 1976), p. 3.

23 Cope, New Music Notation, p. 4.

24 Samuel Adler, The Study of Orchestration; 3rd ed. (New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 2002), p. 757

25 Adler, The Study of Orchestration, p. 757.

26 Jeff Jarvis, "Conventional Publishing vs. Self-publishing," in Jazz Education Journal 35:5 (April 2005), 63.

27 Jarvis, "Conventional Publishing vs. Self-publishing," 63.

28 Jarvis, "Conventional Publishing vs. Self-publishing," 63-64.

29 Jarvis, "Conventional Publishing vs. Self-publishing," 64.

30 Jarvis, "Conventional Publishing vs. Self-publishing," 64.

31 Ed Keohane, "Compose Yourself," in The Strad 116:1386 (October 2005), 44.

32 Keohane, "Compose Yourself," 44.

33 Jody Nagel, "Computer Music-Notation Software" (Accessed March 12, 2006), http://eamusic.dartmouth.edu/~wowem/hardware/notation.html

34 Author Unknown, "Round-up: Notation Software" (Accessed March 12, 2006), http://www.computermusic.co.uk/reviews/h2hnotation/notatemain.asp

35 Author Unknown, "Round-up: Notation Software."

36 Nagel, "Computer Music-Notation Software."

37 Nagel, "Computer Music-Notation Software."

38 Tony Nam-Hai Leong, "Using Technology as a Vehicle to Enhance Musical Performance," in Canadian Music Educator 46:1 (Fall 2004), 32.

39 Leong, "Using Technology as a Vehicle to Enhance Musical Performance," 32.

40 Nagel, "Computer Music-Notation Software."

41 Adler, The Study of Orchestration, p. 769.

42 Adler, The Study of Orchestration, p. 768.

43 Nagel, "Computer Music-Notation Software."

44 Nagel, "Computer Music-Notation Software."

45 Author Unknown, "Finale" (Accessed March 17, 2006), http://www.finalemusic.com/finale/

46 Andrew DuBrock, "Q & A: Putting Music on the Page" in Acoustic Guitar 15:7:145 (January 2005), 80.

47 Keohane, "Compose Yourself," 45.

48 Author Unknown, "Finale."

49 Author Unknown, "Finale."

50 Keohane, "Compose Yourself," 45

51 See: Vince Clark, "Toolshed: Sibelius 3 Music Notation Software" in Down Beat 72:3 (March 2005) 97; Jim Aiken, "Quick Picks: Sibelius Software" in Electronic Musician 20:7 (June 2004) 130.

52 Author Unknown, "Sibelius 4" (Accessed March 18, 2006), http://www.sibelius.com/products/sibelius/index.html

53 Author Unknown, "Sibelius 4."

54 Author Unknown, "Sibelius 4."

Bibliography

Adler, Samuel. The Study of Orchestration. 3rd ed. New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 2002. 839 p.

Aiken, Jim. "Quick Picks: Sibelius Software" in Electronic Musician 20:7 (June 2004) 130.

Author Unknown. "Finale" (Accessed March 17, 2006), http://www.finalemusic.com/finale/

Author Unknown. "Round-up: Notation Software" (Accessed March 12, 2006), http://www.computermusic.co.uk/reviews/h2hnotation/notatemain.asp

Author Unknown. "Sibelius 4" (Accessed March 18, 2006), http://www.sibelius.com/products/sibelius/index.html

Bent, Ian D. and others. "History of Western Notation," Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed March 12, 2006), http://www.grovemusic.com

Clark, Vince. "Toolshed: Sibelius 3 Music Notation Software" in Down Beat 72:3 (March 2005) 97.

Cope, David. New Music Notation. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall and Hunt, 1976. 122 p.

DuBrock, Andrew. "Q & A: Putting Music on the Page" in Acoustic Guitar 15:7:145 (January 2005), 80.

Jarvis, Jeff. "Conventional Publishing vs. Self-publishing." Jazz Education Journal 35:5 (April 2005), 63-64.

Keohane, Ed. "Compose Yourself." The Strad 116:1386 (October 2005), 44-45.

Leong, Tony Nam-Hai. "Using Technology as a Vehicle to Enhance Musical Performance." Canadian Music Educator 46:1 (Fall 2004), 30-33.

Nagel, Jody.  "Computer Music-Notation Software" (Accessed March 12, 2006), http://eamusic.dartmouth.edu/~wowem/hardware/notation.html

Partch, Harry. "Experiments in Notation." Contemporary Composers on Contemporary Music, ed. Elliot Schwartz and Barney Childs. New York: Holt, Richard and Winston, 1967.  pp. 209-220.

Rastall, Richard. The Notation of Western Music. London: J.M. Dent and Sons, 1983. 306 p.

Images

Images from the Finale page:
Author Unknown. "Finale." (Accessed March 17, 2006) http://www.finalemusic.com.
Images from the Sibelius page:
Author Unknown. "Sibelius." (Accessed March 17, 2006) http://www.sibelius.com

Staff image in upper left corner of each page courtesy of http://www.artvex.com

Background pattern courtesy of http://www.aaa-backgrounds.com

Musical examples on Glossary page and Notation As We Know It page were created by the author using Finale Notepad and Microsoft Paint.

Musical example on Early Notation Page was created by the author using Gregoire software and Microsoft Paint.

Title images created by author using Microsoft Paint and Microsoft Photo Editor.

External Links

Finale:
http://finalemusic.com

Finale Notepad:
http://www.finalemusic.com/notepad

Music Notation Software- Dr. Gordon Callon
http://ace.acadiau.ca/score/others.htm

Sibelius:
http://www.sibelius.com

Sibelius Education:
http://www.sibeliuseducation.com