Dr Jay Kennedy, an historian and philosopher of science at the University of Manchester, found Plato used a regular pattern of symbols to give his writing a "musical" structure.

杰·肯尼迪(Jay Kennedy)博士，英国曼彻斯特大学的历史学家和科学哲学家，发现柏拉图在其作品中使用了有规律的符号，从而赋予了它“音乐”的结构。

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When mankind invented musical scores, music bagan to break from the boundaties of being only a performing art and developed into a system of written symbols that can be recorded and spread.

当人类发明了乐谱后，音乐便开始脱离表演，演变成文字得以记录和传播。

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When mankind invented musical scores, music started to break away from the boundaries of being merely a performing art, and develop into a system of "written symbols" that can be recorded and spread.

当人类发明了乐谱后，音乐便开始脱离表演，演变成“文字”得以记录和传播。

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Aside from basic arithmetic, nonverbal symbols were restricted to musical notation (for an elite) and playing cards.

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The Virtual Music Instrument software is designed to play prerecorded musical samples when the person waves a hand or tilts their head, activating symbols on the screen.

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Wright performed a duet with Darius Brubeck on "King For A Day, " a song written by Dave and Iola Brubeck for Louis Armstrong for their 1962 musical "The Real Ambassadors, " which dealt with allegations of hypocrisy for the State Department using jazz musicians as symbols of democracy while the civil rights struggle was raging at home.

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