The Music Notation Project

About This Association

The Music Notation Modernization Association (MNMA) was the predecessor of the Music Notation Project. It was founded in 1985 by Thomas Reed as an international nonprofit organization dedicated to modernizing/improving music notation. The goal was to address the shortcomings of traditional music notation that “make reading music substantially more difficult than necessary, pose unwarranted hardships for musicians, and prevent many young people from becoming fluent music readers.” The membership of the MNMA included musicians, teachers, composers, and notation inventors from around the world. At its height it numbered about 130 individuals from 17 different countries (see the partial list below). The Music Notation Project was established in January of 2008 to carry on the work begun by the MNMA. (See our first blog post for more info.) Some former Chinese MNMA members including 甘健秋 (Jianqiu Gan) independently formed the China Music Notation Academy in November of 2007. They held a conference in Chengdu, Sichuan, China in August of 2008.

Publications

Quarterly Journal (Music Notation News); also a number of published books about music notation proposals and studies.

Conventions

Annual

Specialties:

1. Arts - Music

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