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  19. Scribes frequently were careless about the length of the last note of a section. It was left short so that pick-up notes in the following estribillo could be more easily seen, or held out over into the next measure without consistency. These notes were made consistent with one one another and with the conventions of style.

  20. This representation is being developed by Stefan Bauer-Mengelberg and Raymond F. Erickson. It is highly mnemonic, quickly learned, and capable of representing musical complexities far beyond those encountered in this study.

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Has been actively involved in music and computing since 1967. Where he develops educational programs for Apple II.

Lived in Ecuador from 1938–1948, where he collected over 800 specimens of Ecuadorean urban music.

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Boody, C.G., Riedel, J. A computer aided study of Ecuadorean urban music. Comput Hum 15, 61–74 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02404200

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