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On 28 Oct 2025 20:04:49 GMT
ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) wrote:

> >Hah, that rings a vague bell, but I can't place it. I'm curious, what
> >do you use the ASCII representations for...?  
> 
> I used the ASCII representation in a German newsgroup to ask for the
> name of the song trying to avoid media disruptions like web links in
> Usenet posts or binaries in a non-binary group.

Interesting. I generally notate melodies on my "sketchpad" documents
with note names and a few simple conventions for rhythmic information:

G-G G E-G C' C

...which is imprecise, but it's for my own reference so it's non-
critical.