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I have had one of those rather philosophical thoughts recently; regarding what is original thought or the perception of it at least. Say, if one looks at a score, or smaller piece of music [any instrument] on the page, are they really just dots or circles, or lines, marks, and the like, or maybe do they also perhaps somehow contain something more tangible ? A part of more than the flat symbols? The composers personality writ within it? For example you may see a group of notes, or say a middle C on a music page, written by anyone, known, or unknown, and they look the same; there may be, if hand written, a certain line quality that is obvious to the eye in its individuality, but somehow if you play that note is it potentially different by the knowing of the composer, or not? Or possess another quality altogether? And at what point does a melody truly begin to a listener? For example, play a middle C [just example] on a piece by [Mr A, composer] and same note by [ Mrs. Composer] at that point they are the same note, but then continue until the melody begins, a few bars on, then all could diverge into recognisably individual tunes. Of course a performer of music brings out the nuances as best they can anyway, and that helps too. I once repeated a beginning note on a record of a Chopin piano piece several times; and it was just a note - but then I let the record go on a few seconds more; and out came the tune! What may at first seem to be my 'tangled' explanation, is I hope something worth thinking over, or at the least debating?