Music education in the Western world often emphasizes musical literacy, the ability to read musical notation fluently. But this is not always an easy task—even for professional musicians. Which raises ...

Notation close notationThe musical symbols used when writing music down. is used to write down music. It's one way to remember what you have composed close composeTo write your own music.. It's also ...

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Even the musically illiterate can appreciate the intricate beauty of a physical piece of sheet music—though, to them, the score itself means jack shit. But even the notationally disinclined can now, ...

While not officially part of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the Music Notation community group formed earlier this year appears to have every chance of finally standardising Western music ...

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When I was an untutored rock musician, I envied my colleagues who could read and write music notation. They could access and study material that literally was a closed book to me. So, at one point in ...

Learning to play a new instrument can be exciting, filled with hopes of playing great songs and even composing your own music. Picking up a guitar for the first time leads to a big question: what's ...