sentences:  Peripheral visual input in music reading is clearly in need of more investigation, particularly now that the paradigm has become more accessible to researchers.A case could be made that Western music notation has developed in such a way as to optimise the use of peripheral input in the reading process.Noteheads, stems, beams, barlines and other notational symbols are all sufficiently bold and distinctive to be useful when picked up peripherally, even when at some distance from the fovea.