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Re:Hummingbird – A fresh take on music notation by podperson on Wednesday April 10, 2013 @06:38PM (#5528695)
The mnemonics are also anglocentric visual puns (e is for empty). I'd suggest a set of symbols with natural ordering that can be distinguished by shape (vs. all circles)
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Re:Hummingbird – A fresh take on music notation by jeffamcgee on Wednesday April 10, 2013 @08:14PM (#5529095)
That's actually already been done: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shape_note . The hymnals at my grandparent's church actually have shaped notes.
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Re:Hummingbird – A fresh take on music notation by arnarbi on Wednesday April 10, 2013 @06:40PM (#5528707)
Yes, I realized I misunderstood those, and edited my comment a bit.
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