Negative Notes Mystery Cache

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DePhogration: Had a good run. After 7 years this needs to be put to rest. Thanks for all the visits.

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Hidden : 3/17/2013
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Cache is not at the listed coordinates.  Only a large body of water resides there.  Cache consists of a traditional container in a typical hide location.  BYOP. Please respect the neighbors and no night caching. Please put the blocks back in place to keep animals from kicking the cache out of its hide location.


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Every cacher has had searches that have ended on negative notes and those which have ended on positive notes.  This one begins on a negative note and hopefully ends on a positive one.
 
Understanding of music theory is not necessary to solve the puzzle.  In fact too much musical knowledge may be detrimental.  All that is needed are some basic music facts.
 
Musical notes are represented as ovals placed on or between a series of five parallel lines.   One of the first things a music student is taught is how to read notes.  On piano the notes played with the right hand are shown on or between lines referred to as the Treble Clef.
 
 
 
Ovals placed on the five lines in the picture above represent the notes in ascending order of E, G, B, D, F.  These notes are memorized with the phrase Every Good Boy Does Fine.  Notes placed in the four spaces between the lines in ascending order spell out the word FACE.
 
The notes on the Treble Clef ascend in a stair step fashion.  Starting from the lower E and ending at the highest F.  The notes ascend in the order E, F, G, A, B, C, D, E, F.
 
 
 
This notation will be utilized to provide the coordinates to the cache.  This is not a musical puzzle.  It is a puzzle using symbols from music.   Anyone with musical training reading the cache score will most likely cringe.  This is about the trees, not the forest.
 
To actual cache coordinates are contained in the musical score below.
 
 
 
Once you have solved the puzzle, parking can be found at;  N - 0.060,   W - 0.025.

Coordinates for the cache were averaged over several days, but GPS reception seems to do odd things in the area. Use Geosense as much as GPS at GZ. Good luck. I have visited the cache area and read dead on, or 70 feet off. When it is off the reading is always too far down the hill. I left a marker next to the location to make things easier.

You can check your answers for this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Chmmyr: Univat gebhoyr jvgu nyy gur Artngvivgl? Creuncf lbh fubhyq fgneg "Ba n Cbfvgvir Abgr" sbe zber vafvtug. Uvqr: Guvf vf guveq uvqr nggrzcg. Ybbx sbe gjb gerrf nyzbfg xvffvat. Gur pnpur jvyy or gvrq ng gur onfr.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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