Eli5: How is electronic music written down?

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My friend’s dad was telling me that with classical music, rock, or any other type of music, you can write down tabs and notes etc, but electronic music can’t be written on “paper”. So I am curious, how do you keep a note on how it’s supposed to go? I hope this makes some sense, I have very limited knowledge of music.

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Your dad is wrong. Electronic music can be written down just like any other music.

All music can be written down via [musical notation](https://www.britannica.com/art/musical-notation) which will clearly contain what note to play and how long to play it. Some instruments will have their own special notation (like guitar tabs) to make it easier to play on that particular instrument, but standard musical notation can be used for all instruments.

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