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THE value of the scientific method, to which Lord Brabazon appeals, lies in the proper use of experiment. There is available to-day a growing amount of piano music which is written without key signature, because it is without key, and with chromatic notes inserted as required. It is easy to find out whether it has the advantages Lord Brabazon assumes for his tentative proposal to omit key signatures as a first step towards a simpler notation.
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LLOYD, L. Simplification of Musical Notation. Nature 149, 640 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/149640a0
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