Especially in the days before audio recording and playback, music was often written out as a means of preserving and communicating it. To do this, a system of notation was developed that gives musicians the information they need to play music as the composer intended it.
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E pluribus unum means out of many, one like a country was created out of 13 states
A medical specialty concerned especially with the ear, nose, and throat and related parts of the head and neck. This is by merriam webster I had nothing to do with this.