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Old 08-17-2019, 11:06 AM   #186
Pashkuli
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Originally Posted by EvilDragon View Post
This is incorrect. Staff notation started before piano was a thing.

Also, being able to write something in staff notation and have any decent player from anywhere in the world being able to read it and perform it is a pretty huge advantage. Ain't nobody gonna waste time on some new age mumbo jumbo
See, I said it fits almost perfectly..., and not... it was design for it.

Also you maybe want to take a look at the keyboard instruments in more ancient times, even before Christ.
And yes, modern staff had major influence from the organ and harpsichord keyboards. Of course there were older notations but they were more like wavy scribbles.

And if you have seen a grand piano, you would immediately be able to recognise its ancestor. No, not the harpsichord, but the harp itself. And harps are ancient... really ancient. Combine that with the keyboard of the ancient hydraulius which had the keyboard (though not shaped like keys, rather tiny levers... well the piano keys are levers as well but anyway).

But this is not the point. I said that it fits, no matter which one was designed first as we know it.
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