"Omit needless words. Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts."
-William Strunk, Jr., professor and author (1869-1946)

... and music no unnecessary notes . Is everyone familiar with Strunk & White's *Elements of Style? [nod-of-acknowledgement-to-wow emoticon]

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E.B. White of Charlotte's Web