8. Music Notation

A Music Transcription Method: Notating Recorded Music by Ear
Chapter 8: Music Notation (pp. 87–97)
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003511946-11

Dylan Parrilla-Koester – Assistant Director of Bands, New Orleans, LA
Tulane University Bands
Staff Profile: https://www.tulanebands.org/dylan

Dylan is a tertiary music educator in the division of concert and marching bands. Dylan's responsibilities as an assistant band director include transcribing and arranging sheet music for the season's band line-up. The interview excerpt (p. 95) covers the role of music transcription for music educators working with ensembles in and beyond the classroom.

Annotated Links

Humanities and Engineering Perspectives on Music Transcription – This peer-reviewed open-access report of a study explores the scope and limitations of Music Information Retrieval (MIR) in the humanities. https://doi.org/10.1093/llc/fqab074

Musical Notation – This peer-reviewed open-access article proposes a granular framework and philosophical approach to music notation. https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/ergo/article/id/5706/

Why Lead Sheets? – A brief educational article by Jonathan Feist, editor-in-chief at Berklee Press, about notation practices with lead sheets. https://www.berklee.edu/berklee-today/summer-2018/lead-sheet

Featured Music Example

Häberlin, A. (2024). Reverie in G major [Manuscript].