organ tablature

noun

A shorthand system for notating organ music, used mostly by the north German Baroque organ school, and distinguished from musical notation by the use of letter names, octave lines and other symbols instead of notes and accidentals and by the lack of staff lines.

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noun
  1. A shorthand system for notating organ music, used mostly by the north German Baroque organ school, and distinguished from musical notation by the use of letter names, octave lines and other symbols instead of notes and accidentals and by the lack of staff lines.
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