What is notation?

Notation refers to the method of recording music with symbols, words, numbers or charts. The images it records are called music scores. This symbol is very different in different countries and at different times. Various elements of music recorded in the score, including the absolute or relative height of sound, the duration of sound, the strength of sound, the decoration of sound, the playing method of musical instruments and expression marks, etc.

The notation can be divided into notation, character notation, phoneme notation, guqin notation, performance notation, image notation, grid notation and folded Newham notation.

There are thirteen kinds of traditional music notation, namely, Miyachi notation, Qin notation, half-character notation, string notation, tube color notation, folk character notation, lyre notation, grid notation, elegant music notation, curve notation, alto notation, tea bar notation and gongs and drums classics.