Musical notation is a lossy code requiring stylistic knowledge to realize

Evidence

Performed music quite seldom exactly follows in rhythm such mathematically defined temporal lengths. Musical notation must be taken as a simplified way of communicating and storing musical melodies, rhythms, and harmonies, and musicians must know the style of playing to realize the musical piece in the manner intended by the composer. — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 1319