Musical Notation as Discussed by a Graphic Designer
Project details
- Year
- 2024
- Programme
- Bachelor – Graphic Design
- Practices
- Honours Programme
- Minor
- Visual Culture
Is there a way to reduce the visual components but preserve the indication? How can I, as a graphic designer exhibit a visually engaging musical score based on the purest sense of musical interpretation and visual language?
It is unlikely that graphic designers see music notation to be such a task that is primarily theirs, as it is more likely to be done by the musicians themselves. Realizing the gap that this project might fill, I focused on bringing out the advantages of receiving training in each background, emphasizing the ways in which I can contribute to repurposing the traditional way of transcribing melody.
Both in my graduation project and written component I discussed this issue profoundly, coming to a conclusion to propose an alternative way for the issue mentioned above, precisely in detail yet providing the bare minimum visually. For this method I gathered the most pragmatic sense of a visual grid and based my notation on a mathematical rule system in which the performer is trusted to adjust the performance by their interpretation of the music, thus giving much freedom for individuality.
