[shadowfoxx]

I'm someone who's quite interested in learning to play music - took some classes in highschool (but my focus was the visual arts which is why I struggle to find time amongst my other hobbies, I'll get there)

I always wished that sheet music was rotated 90 degrees. The more I hear from musicians the more I think maybe that's not good... but there is something to be said about, "with experience you'll just get it, it become natural" especially with a system that's been around for hundreds of years...

[klodolph]

There are some musicians out there who rotate the sheet music 90 degrees. These people exist. But I don't see a particular reason why one orientation should be much better than the other—maybe your eyes are better at following horizontally or vertically. The standard layout matches instruments like the flute, the 90 degree rotated version matches instruments like a piano.

[Madmallard]

humans spent hundreds of years figuring out what the best option would be considering this isn't something that required the technological revolution

[mdorazio]

Bullshit. The world is absolutely packed with standards that are standards because of nothing to do with being "the best". Perfect example: the imperial measurement system. Another example: logographic writing systems. Another: qwerty keyboard layout. Etc. Just because a thing is accepted today doesn't mean it's the best.