Il compendio della mvsica, nel qvale brevemente si tratta dell' arte del contrapunto, diviso in qvatro libri
Orazio Tigrini's 1588 Venetian treatise on counterpoint, printed by R. Amadino, was written for students and practising musicians learning to compose polyphony. Its pictures are close-up musical notation on staff lines, with mensural note shapes in lozenge, square and stem forms, showing how rhythm and voice-leading were laid out on the page and offering a designer strong graphic rhythm from ruled lines and repeated diamond motifs.
