Music Animation Machine: History

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I got out the score of a Brandenburg concerto and put on a recording of it ...

Unfortunately, as a relative beginner at reading scores, I couldn't integrate all the separate instrumental parts into a cohesive sense of the piece. It was just confusing and frustrating.

A few days later, I began wondering whether a complex piece of music could be presented visually in a way that would help a listener follow it ...