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Of the three main effects (setup, notation, and attempt), only setup is significant (F(1,20) = 55.622, p < 0.01). Furthermore, two statistically significant interactions occur: setup - notation (F(2,40) = 5.747, p < 0.01) and setup x notation x attempt (X(4,80) = 2.648, p < 0.05). All three systems---five-line, composite-system, and timbre-staff---result in roughly the same sight-reading accuracy on the medium setup (M = 12.79, M = 13.63, M = 12.54, respectively with a range of possible scores from 0--20); however, timbre-staff produced significantly higher accuracy on the large setup (M = 9.46) than five-line or composite-system notation (M = 3.92 and M = 5.51, respectively). 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