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The building of his “better way”
began by Mr. Maiani eliminating, one
by one, the standard features of tra-
ditional notation — a bold blast to the
past, considering the notation format
commonly known has been around for
500 years.
First, he threw out the idea of notes
going up and down staff lines, then the
lines themselves went, followed by
notes, measures and all the other dif-
ficult to decode elements. In their
place, Mr. Maiani came up with letters
and easy to learn symbols, which
indicate timing, notes, sharps, flats
and everything else found in tradi-
tional sheet music, all arranged in
phrase-lines of varying duration, like
musical sentences).
“Standard notation is a lot like
intricate painting by numbers, and my
method is more like finger painting
with bright vivid colors on a big white
canvas,” he said. “Which would you
choose?”
Mr. Maiani’s isn’t the only attempt
made at notation-overhaul, but others,
he said, have often been “way too
complicated.
“They’re often computer-
generated, which takes you even fur-
ther away from the instrument. And STEVE MALONE / NEWS-PRESS
they definitely were not invented by a
Patrik Maiani has received patent recognition from the U.S. Patent
relaxed, happy, skateboarder, surfer
Office for his method of teaching music.
dude who grew up in Montecito in the
’70s and read somewhere that ‘Sim-
plicity is wisdom.’ “ old system out of the ballpark, just “It’s a way for those who have tried
An important footnote is that Mr. offer a new, and faster route to musical the old format and failed to gain
Maiani isn’t trying to entirely kick the success. musical confidence, quickly,” he said.
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