ABSTRACT
The simplest statement regarding movement is that an action, a movement of some kind, occurs. Motif Description, that is, expressing a basic movement idea or intention, is represented on paper through Motif Notation. This notation uses no staff, as such. The reading sequence for movement is up the page, i.e., from the bottom of the page up. Timing is such an integral part of movement that, although it can be ignored and a neutral attitude to time can be taken, people want early on to be aware of it and to enjoy it. Choose a simple movement and concentrate on the passing of time. The extension in time of a movement is represented on paper by the length of the vertical line, the action stroke. A very different effect is achieved by the deliberate use of chromatic movement—movement which consciously progresses through all the intervening spatial points.
