It's "modern" only in relation to the old manuscript methods which (1) varied from place to place and (2) were VERY difficult to read.
Dom Gueranger's notation
The OLD method . . . eeeek!
Sounds like an oxymoron. Usually one speaks of modern musical notation or Gregorian/neumes notation.
It's "modern" only in relation to the old manuscript methods which (1) varied from place to place and (2) were VERY difficult to read.
Dom Gueranger's notation
The OLD method . . . eeeek!