Gift Shop Books Description Directory of Music Notation Proposals by Thomas S. Reed. Kirksville, Missouri:  Notation Research Press, 1997 212 pages (including appendix); 8.5 x 11 paperback with comb binding Contains more than 500 proposals for improving on traditional notation, in one way or another. Includes illustrations of 36 actual notation systems. Table of Contents Ch 1:  Preface Ch 2:  Acknowledgements Ch 3:  How to Use the Directory Ch 4:  Shortcomings of Traditional Notation Ch 5:  A Brief Description of the Experiment Ch 6:  The Screens in Phases I and II Ch 7:  Results of Phase I Screening Ch 8:  Results of Phase II Screening Ch 9:  Information about the 36 Chromatic Scales Ch 10:  Chromatic Scales Illustration of 36 Systems Passing Phase II Ch 11:  Grouping of 36 Staffs by Line Pattern (by Doug Keislar) Ch 12:  Biographical Sketches of the Evaluators Ch 13:  Directory of Music Notation Proposals (with Phase I Screening) Ch 14:  Appendix:  Bibliography of New Notation (compiled by T. S. Reed) ISBN 0-9638849-2-1 LC 96-93025 Limited Edition! Order #MNMA-1:  $28.00 Return to MNMA Publications List Return to NMM Books Return to NMM Gift Shop National Music Museum The University of South Dakota 414 East Clark Street Vermillion, SD 57069 ©National Music Museum, 2007 Most recent update: October 19, 2007 You are the 1,380th visitor to this page since April 26, 2007. The University of South Dakota Return to Top of Page