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A temporary medium for storing mnemonic words in order to evade physical attackers.

BIP-39 words are composed of 11 bits per word. Each 0 and 1 is represented by a half note and a quarter note, respectively. You may need to fill the remaining portion of the measure with rests or tie two quarter notes to form a half note. Some examples are shown below:
or:
00000000000
or:
abandon
The chose time signature is 4/4, meaning four quarter-note beats per measure. Additionally, a half rest can be used to fill the first two beats of the first measure. Binary numbers are read from the right to the left.
or:
01000011011
or:
drop
Each tied quarter note represents a zero. In this case, a quarter rest was used because the 11 bits were already written and the measure still needed to be filled.
or:
11111111111
or:
zoo
The first beat of the first measure is shown as a dotted half rest. This should be self-explanatory based on the first example, but with quarter notes replacing half notes, and the second half of the last measure filled with a half rest.
You don’t need specific software for this if you're not a musician—just blank paper and a pen will do. Focus more on the time signature, the half note, the quarter note (and their respective rests). The other symbols, like the percussion clef (which I couldn't remove), the horizontal line, and the double bar at the end, are not mandatory.
The passphrase can also be included in the sheet music; however, each character must be converted to binary using an ASCII table or a conversion tool. Just remember what 0 and 1 correspond to in your notation.
For simplicity’s sake, this post isn’t intended exclusively for musicians, although they may find creative ways to increase its complexity.
11 bits
You could also do this with pitches within a measure. Assuming C = 1, C# = 2, etc. Then if a measure contains the pitches C - D - D# - F# - B (order doesn't matter), then that represents bits 1, 3, 4, 7, 11
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT 31 Aug
I like the idea, but I'd be very careful doing something like that. I think there will be bots going through sheet music or even actual music looking for hidden seeds.
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