Travel through the history of musical notation, learning how to decode medieval music manuscripts, with this free online course.

Nowadays music is all around us: we listen to it while we are on our way to work, when preparing lunch or even while showering. All this music is written down in its own language – the notation system. But did you ever wonder where this came from? Have you ever looked at a medieval music manuscript and wondered how to read it?

In this free online course, we will answer the key questions, including:

  • What happens to music when we write it down? How did this evolve through history?
  • Who wrote down music? And why?
  • Which strategies of visualization came into play?
  • Are notes just another scripture?
  • How does it help us play and listen to music today, if we understand how music was written in earlier times?
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