Early Europe
Scholar and music theorist Isidore of Seville, writing in the early 7th century, remarked that it was impossible to notate music. By the middle of the 9th century, however, a form of notation began to develop in monasteries in Europe for Gregorian chant, using symbols known as neumes The ancestors of modern symbolic music notation originated in the Roman Catholic Church, as monks developed methods to put plainchant (sacred songs) to paper.
The founder of what is now considered the standard music stave was Guido d'Arezzo, an Italian Benedictine monk who lived from 995–1050. His revolutionary method—combining a four-line stave with the first form of notes known as 'neumes'—was the precursor to the five-line stave, which was introduced in the 14th century and is still in use today. Guido D'Arezzo's achievements paved the way for the modern form of written music, music books, and the modern concept of a composer.
In essence the Staveput system is a return to the four-lined stave system, which encapsulated and defined the seven notes with clarity, an essential visual aid for the beginner?
The introduction of the five-lined stave/eleven-lined stave system in the 14th-16th century in the renaissance period was an expansion in both pitch and octaves, which was much needed at the time, what with the introduction of more musical instruments being made. This change in format was a visual and audio aid for the initiated.
However for the uninitiated, this change was a loss in a simple visual format. Still today people have difficulty understanding the basics. The expansion in the renaissance period was right, but its illustration of musical notation was not improved on, its own legacy has demonstrated that. It is my conviction that Staveput System is a positive development in simplify the illustration and the understanding of musical notation.