A music cryptogram is a composition tool which can map each sound or letter to a specific pitch and duration, so speech or text can be transcribed into music. Pick an alphabet to explore further.
Cryptogramme Phonétique
The 37 sounds of the French language: vowels, semivowels, nasals, plosives, fricatives, and liquids. Each sound is represented by a unique pitch and duration combination.
Complete Flute
An original A–Z alphabet for flute which I used in my compositions La musique and Passover
Messiaen
In Olivier Messiaen’s “langage communicable” from Méditations sur le Mystère de la Sainte Trinité (1969), the composer used this alphabet to spell text into organ music, spanning from deep bass to high treble.
Contraforte
An original A–Z alphabet for contraforte, a cousin of the contrabassoon