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{{short description|Process of drawing music notation at high quality for reproduction}} {{more footnotes|date=November 2008}} [[File:Music-ms1s.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Sample of hand-copied music manuscript, in ink, of a piece composed for piano[[File:Music-ms1s.mid|thumb|center]]]] '''Music engraving''' is the [[art]] of drawing [[music notation]] at high quality for the purpose of mechanical reproduction. The term ''music copying'' is almost equivalent—though ''music engraving'' implies a higher degree of skill and quality, usually for publication. The name of the process originates in plate [[engraving]], a widely used technique dating from the late sixteenth century.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title = Four Hundred Years of Music Printing|last = King|first = A. Hyatt|publisher = Trustees of the British Museum|year = 1968|location = London}}</ref> The term ''engraving'' is now used to refer to any high-quality method of drawing music notation, particularly on a [[computer]] ("computer engraving" or "computer setting") or by hand ("hand engraving").
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