Not necessarily true. If you take the score of e.g. Chopin's Ballade N.3 you'd be inclined to think sheet music is all just show off. Abstract notation takes ti

Not necessarily true. If you take the score of e.g. Chopin's Ballade N.3 you'd be inclined to think sheet music is all just show off. Abstract notation takes time to parse and understand when you see it for the first time, no matter how well versed you are.