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figuring
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to represent the information in digits or numbers in musical notation
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- musical form
- Subclass of
- notation
- Part of
- printed sheet music
- Depicts
- music
- Image
- Ricercare a 6 from The Musical Offering.jpg
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- Commons category
- Musical notation
- topic's main category
- Category:Musical notation
- Commons gallery
- Musical notation
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- exact match
- purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_18cw
- start time
- 0300-00-00
- topic has template
- Template:Musical notation
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Encyclopedic overview
Hand-written musical notation by J. S. Bach (1685–1750). This is the beginning of the Prelude from the Suite for Lute in G minor, BWV 995 (transcription of Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011). Musical notation is any system used to visually represent music. Systems of notation generally represent the elements of a piece of music that are considered important for its performance in the context of a given musical tradition. The process of interpreting musical notation is often referred to as reading music.
Distinct methods of notation have been invented throughout history by various cultures. Much information about ancient music notation is fragmentary. Even in the same time frames, different styles of music and different cultures use different music notation methods.
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