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==What is Musical Information?==
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<i>Musical information</i> (or <i>musical informatics</i>) is a body of information used to specify the content of a musical work. There is no single method of representing musical content. Many digital systems of musical information have evolved since the 1950s, when the earliest efforts to generate music by computer were made. In the present day several branches of musical informatics exist. These support applications concerned mainly with sound, mainly with graphical notation, or mainly with analysis.
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<i>Musical representation</i> generally refers to a broader body of knowledge with a longer history, spanning both digital and non-digital methods of describing the nature and content of musical material.

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Old front page for Music 253: http://www.ccarh.org/courses/253

What is Musical Information?

Musical information (or musical informatics) is a body of information used to specify the content of a musical work. There is no single method of representing musical content. Many digital systems of musical information have evolved since the 1950s, when the earliest efforts to generate music by computer were made. In the present day several branches of musical informatics exist. These support applications concerned mainly with sound, mainly with graphical notation, or mainly with analysis.

Musical representation generally refers to a broader body of knowledge with a longer history, spanning both digital and non-digital methods of describing the nature and content of musical material.