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 enlarge | Authors: Tom Gerou, Linda Lusk
Publisher: Alfred Publishing Company
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 92816
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 0882847309
Dewey Decimal Number: 780.148
UPC: 038081147529
EAN: 9780882847306
ASIN: 0882847309
Publication Date: December 1996
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A totally indispensable guide July 11, 2005
To quickly get an answer to questions about the ranges of instruments, best practical ranges, different tones and all special peculiarities, this book is an entirely indispensable guide.
Dag Lundin, Sewdish composer and music reviewer
Comprehensive, Accessible, and Essential!, January 26, 2003
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
The 'Essential Dictionary of Music Notation' is in pocket-dictionary style allowing cross-referencing and easy-to-find explanations alphabetically. The range of topics covered is large and the amount of detail useful. It allows the book to be useful both to beginners and to professionals. It forgets that most computers can automatically layout pages correctly, for example, and that some of the theory is nowadays irrelevant. But this is good, and often useful to know when writing by hand and when editing. Illustrations depicts the meaning often. For an example, under 'Articulation' it lists the 5 main types of articulation and then divides them into Durational and Forceful. It then tells you in detail what they all do and how they should be written. Although dynamics are obviously listed in this way, the range and detail of the dynamic, I feel, is inadequate. The book covers traditional notation as well as TAB, and specialist requirements for certain instruments. 351 pages - for the price the dictionary is excellent. Portable and full of information, which can be easily and quickly understood. However, the authors don't try to make out that this guide is all you need to know. A larger book would be more detailed. This is well worth it!
 Where has this book been? December 24, 2001
About 95% of everything you need to know about the mechanics of score writing are in this book. If you score on computer, much of this is taken care of for you, but as you create final versions you want 'correct', this book is essential for the many manual placement items as well as stylistically being clear to the modern musician. I wish I'd had this 10 years ago. I read this book from cover to cover and learned a lot. It is brief, to-the-point, and doesn't get distracted by addressing theory or orchestration. It's about the notation, pure and simple. The book is small -- fits into your pocket easily. My single complaint is that the binding is rather cheap. I expect sooner or later pages will begin to come loose - an annoyance for a reference text. On the other hand, at under $10, I guess I can afford to just buy another copy.
Handy inexpensive reference book November 30, 2000
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
This is a handy little book, including many specifics on music notation, well worth the price. While it may not include everything on notation, its convenient format allows quick answers to many questions regarding formal music notation. I am using it in post-grad composition studies as a quick reference. I'd advise it for all music majors, and anyone with an interest in music writing.
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