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McQueen - Picnic
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Art and music collide in these 20 stunning graphic scores
8. McQueen - Picnic
Graphic scores serve a dual purpose: as well as looking beautiful, they explain abstract ideas about how the music should be played. In this piece, written in 2006, each line represents a different instrument, with the colours and shapes informing how the music might sound.
