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SOURCES & FURTHER READING
Why Are Music Notes Named The Way They Are?: musicandtheory.com/why-are-music-notes-named-the-way-they-are
Musical Notes: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_note#History_of_note_names
Letters In Musical Notation: funmusicco.com/letter-names-in-musical-notation
History Of Notation: classicfm.com/discover-music/music-theory/origins-music-notation
Spread Of Arabic Numerals: ehs.org.uk/the-spread-of-hindu-arabic-numerals-in-the-tradition-of-european-practical-mathematics
Musicians Would Never Learnt To read Music: classicfm.com/discover-music/famous-musicians-who-cant-read-music
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