a) Over the years many human endeavours have had the benefit of language.
e) In particular a written language can convey a lot of information about past events, places, people and things.
b) But it is difficult to describe music in words, and even more difficult to specify a tune.
d) It was the development of a standard musical notation in the 11th century that allowed music to be documented in a physical form.
c) Now music could be communicated efficiently, and succeeding generations would know something about the music of their ancestors.
