Historians have uncovered what could be some of the earliest musical notation in Western history. The ninth-century ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...