| The whole note derives from the semibrevis of mensural notation, and this is the origin of the British name. |
| The notation looks just like contemporary guitar tablature, but my musical knowledge stops around there. |
| Napier also found exponential expressions for trigonometric functions, and introduced the decimal notation for fractions. |
| Sometimes he sticks perhaps a little too rigidly to the composer's precise notation. |
| The main innovation was Playfair's use of algebraic notation to abbreviate the proofs which he taught in his class. |
| Chapters cover finding notes on the piano, hand positioning and an introduction to rhythm and musical notation. |
