3.1 Musical Notation

You must complete this assignment by yourself.

You must submit this in an archive named "music.zip". This archive must contain a folder named "music". This folder must contain all the files specified below. You must attach "music.zip" to an email whose subject is "BYU - Fall 2010 - CS 330 - music" and whose message body contains the name of everyone on your team (each on a separate line.) You must send this email to jay@cs.byu.edu before 5pm (Provo time) on 9/7. Ensure that what you are satisfied with what you submit, because only your chronologically first submission will be graded. Ensure that you follow these instructions exactly, since submissions that do not meet these requirements (i.e. do not have the correct format) will receive no credit, despite the time and energy you put into the assignment. Please see Turn In Policy for more information.

You must submit this in a file named "music.pdf".

In 850 words, or less, explain how musical notation is like a programming language.

I will grade this assignment to reward creativity. Each possible comparison between music and a PL is worth 1 point for the whole class. That point is divided by the number of people who write about the comparison. For example, suppose four people said, “Music is like a PL because of X”, then each would get a 1/4 point. If only one person said it, then he or she would get the point. Etc.