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Drawn shapes standing for sound without fixed values.
Also known as: Graphic score notation, Drawn score notation
Graphic notation uses drawn shapes, lines and images to suggest sound, without the fixed pitch and duration values of the staff, and is generally explained by the score's own preface.
Suggests sound through drawn shapes rather than through fixed pitch and duration values.
Contexts: Music
Has no shared vocabulary at all: each score defines its own, so a graphic symbol from one work carries no meaning in another.
Contexts: Music
Freely drawn shapes, curves and lines arranged on the page, with or without a staff beneath them.
A fuller structured visual breakdown is not yet documented for this symbol.