Re: Meloz music notation with Lilypond

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

address@hidden writes:
> I just took a quick look at it.  The main problem I see is that they claim
> to have a patent on their notation, and that print publishers have to get
> a license prior to use.  On the other hand, I do not really understand

> only "new" thing I can see is the particular design of their staff symbol
> that consists of three thin and three thick lines representing the 5 black
> keys on a piano.  But even that is not really new; the "piano roll" view
> of typical software sequencers looks quite similar.

This was used for Klavarscribo too; invented in 1931 by Dutchman
Cornelis Pot.

See klavarskribo.nl (Dutch)

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