Although we had discussed pencilling in dots on the page, three of the observed students wrote each note out completely, before moving to the next note. This was time-consuming, and students often wrote only one note before having to turn back to the computer, to listen again. Only one student appeared to hear the missing notes as a whole pattern; the others wrote one note at a time, not always starting with the first note. One student consistently started by writing down the last of the missing notes. Another student, required to write down three missing notes, wrote the second and third note, but clearly struggled with the first. I asked why, and he told me he couldn’t hear it. When I listened, I noticed that the second notes were more clearly articulated, whereas the first was part of a block chord; I imagine that this is what caused him difficulty.