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February 7, 2021 9:15 AM

Medieval musical notation systems as British biscuits - a Twitter thread by the excellent Musical Notation is Beautiful account.
posted by thatwhichfalls (5 comments total)

I think this would have been better if they'd replicated medieval music notation using British biscuits.
posted by CheeseDigestsAll at 10:58 AM on February 7, 2021 [2 favorites]

Give me Bath, give me Nice, give me Hob Nobs
Give me Ritz, give me Custard Creams
Jammie Dodgers, Wagon Wheels,
I could eat them every meal
With my coffee or my ovaltine!
posted by vincebowdren at 11:40 AM on February 7, 2021 [2 favorites]

So if you use Rich Tea notation you have to save it as an .rtf file, right?
posted by Phanx at 2:13 PM on February 7, 2021

Irk the purists it's a right good laugh.
posted by GallonOfAlan at 2:47 AM on February 8, 2021 [1 favorite]

6. Ars nova notation = Jaffa cakes
There's the balance, there's the contrast, there's the depth, there's a tiny hint of darkness. This notation (and this [cake, Ed.]) has it all.
posted by k3ninho at 6:44 AM on February 8, 2021