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Music can be represented in many different ways and formats. For example, a composer may write down a composition in the form of a musical score. In a score, musical symbols are used to visually encode notes and how these notes are to be played by a musician.

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Müller, M. (2015). Music Representations. In: Fundamentals of Music Processing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21945-5_1

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