Ties and dots. Ugh. Ties and dots. I get it. They're simple concepts, but this is the first music notation that made me roll my eyes and want to go to bed early. I've had minimal difficulty with whole, half, quarter and eighth notes writhing up, down and across the staff. It's cool. It's an alphabet. There's a natural flow and familiarity. These are notes/letters forming riff/words... but now I have to deal with these accents--these ties ...