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Guido of ArezzoMatt Brooks

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Benefits of Having Written Music

Musical notes can be specifically defined A piece that is centuries old can be played the

same way centuries later There is a visual representation on how music

has changed over history

When having written music, we can analyze itin ways that can use older methods of writingand apply them to newer ones

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Igor Stravinsky's The Firebird 1965 and !11

The Firebird !onducted by "gor #travinsky in $%&'

The Firebird (layed by the )ouTube #ymphony *rchestra in + $$

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,ar$y Written S#eet Music

Music before -uido.ssystem was primarilytransferred orally

A manuscript would beused as a reminder ofhow things should be

sung, but usually thosewho already knew thesong would have to stillteach it

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-eve$o* ent of Musica$ .otation

-uido was the first to develop a musicalnotation system that could define pitch

A way to define rhythm was still lacking, but thiswas a huge leap from neumatic notation

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Advance ents After GuidoAddition of 0#yt#

1hythm was later added to define the length ofnotes played in a song

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Addition of t#e 2ift# 3ine

"n -uido.s music, there were only four lineswritten to define the notes

"n $6th

century "taly, five line staves wereeventually used, and those are what arecommonly used today

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Additions to t#e So$fege Sy$$a&$es

"n $7 th century "taly, the 89t: syllable that -uidodeveloped was changed to the open syllable80o: as a suggestion from "talian musicologist-iovanni Battista 0oni

#i was also added from the initials of #ancte"ohannes to complete the diatonic scale

"n the $% th century, #arah -lover changed 8#i:to 8Ti: so every syllable would start with adifferent letter

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Addition of 4ey Signatures and$efs

;ey signatures and clefs were later added formore musical fle5ibility for appropriate ability toread for different instruments

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$osure

-uido of Arezzo allowed music to make hugeleaps

After his death, music kept on growing in theways it.s been written down and recorded Thanks to -uido, we now have a system where

music that was written centuries ago can still beplayed the same way today