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testermelon
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Alda – Text-Based Programming Language for Music C...
> The main drawback of ABC notation is that it doesn't capture polyphonic music well but by the looks of it, Alda's notation doesn't either.
Do you happen to know any good textual notation for polyphonic composition?
bjourne
on Aug 17, 2021
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Due to the nature of the data, it is very hard to create good textual representations. The most practical I have seen are piano rolls and MIDI event notation.
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Do you happen to know any good textual notation for polyphonic composition?