Fill in the chart showing the development of Western musical notation by describing which elements of music were represented by each type of notation. Examples might include exact pitch, melodic shape, rhythm, meter, or other musical parameters. (5 pts.) Type of Notation
What it Showed
Points Earned
• Neumes above text

• Neumes
• Colored lines

• Neumes
• 4-line staff
• F, C, or G clef

• Notes on 5-line staff with clef
• Mensuration (longas and breves)
• Time signature (perfect or half circle)

• Notes on 5-line staff
• Modern clefs
• Modern note values (whole, half, quarter, etc..)
• Modern time signature
• Italian words and abbreviations for dynamics and tempo

• Staccato, slurs, etc..