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notation

[noh-tey-shuhn] / noʊˈteɪ ʃən /


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Western notation can’t always capture African musical innovations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

He noted where smugglers had blowtorched openings big enough to crawl through and pointed out the spray-painted notation of when those gaps were closed.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2025

The waltz has minor errors in rhythm and notation but Mr McClellan said he is sure that Chopin is behind it.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2024

Both became industry standards for digital music notation throughout the 2000s, launching regular updates and holding a sort of “duopoly” over the space, as Dorico’s product marketing manager, Daniel Spreadbury, characterized it to me.

From Slate • Sep. 26, 2024

Though the Arabs took the notation from India, the rest of the world would dub the new system Arabic numerals.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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