I understand that these distinctions might make sense for professional musicians. My point is that they're overwhelming for beginners. Its too much stuff! I su

I understand that these distinctions might make sense for professional musicians. My point is that they're overwhelming for beginners. Its too much stuff! I suspect the ideal notation for beginners might be different from that of professional musicians. Thats certainly the case in programming, where we have different languages which are better suited for different use cases. We don't write webpages in assembler, or operating systems in Squeak. I've only been playing for 18 months at this point. I don't understand the subtle style implications of the time signature being 2/4 or 2/2. Is the best way to express those style difference really swapping crotchets for quavers in every measure? Seems a weird choice. Why not just have more marks at the top of the song naming how it should be played? Then beginners can ignore that mark and experts can play accordingly. But what do I know? I'm just a beginner with a beginners' perspective. If sheet music isn't designed to cater for my needs, well, honestly thats a bit crap.