One type of solution is to use musical notation or a musical transcription-based query language that permits a user to specify a tune by keying in alphanumeric characters to represent musical notes.

• 其中一种解决方式是利用乐谱，或是简谱式的查询语言。使用者可以把代表音符的字母或数字输入查询栏，就等于输入音乐的曲调。