Why Do We Still Use ‘Notes’ in Music?

Imagine you're writing a song, but instead of using letters like A or B, you use pictures to show what each sound should be. That’s what ‘notes’ are, they’re the picture version of sounds in music. People have used them for hundreds of years, and even though we now have computers and fancy tools, notes still work really well because they help musicians understand how a song should sound.

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  1. A child draws a happy face on paper to show their feelings.
  2. A musician uses different shapes to tell others how long each sound should be in a song.
  3. You write down your favorite melody using simple symbols like circles and lines.

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