# do do me do la sol or sol sol la sol do ti

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**Created:** [March 2, 2000, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-do-me-do-la-sol-or-sol-sol-la-sol-do-ti/17653 "2000-03-02T17:06:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 8, 2000, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-do-me-do-la-sol-or-sol-sol-la-sol-do-ti/17653/41 "2000-03-08T00:15:00Z")

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Actually, being unusual should be enough. You are, after all engaging in notation so that others who are notation-literate can figure out what you want them to play. It’s not only considerate to refrain from deliberately making their task more difficult, it’s pragmatic. As an example (non-musical), if Samuel Clemens had written _The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn_ in Pig Latin, how many people would have bothered to read it?

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