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In handwriting it will be much more illegible than conventional notation. Also, small details are very bad for nearsighted people.

Don't get me wrong. I am always fascinated by new approaches for doing things and new musical notation is a fun idea. But not in this case. Practically speaking, they don't improve anything at all.

Conventional notation is not broken or something.. Imho, it is actually looking pretty great typographically, and works fine in practice.

They could make new notation that works better on computers, to be used in music software, such that it is easy for typing using a keyboard. That could be a real improvement.



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