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Mr. Wade calls this process of inheritance “catching,” the transmission of a tune without formal notation or instruction, overheard once and absorbed by musicians who may now be little remembered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Basically, it’s just choice of notation, the hanging on notes, which comes across much better when we play live.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 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
Figure 1.29: D sharp and E flat look very different when written in common notation, but they sound exactly the same when played on a piano.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
One suspects that there were few professional narrators up to the task of articulating so many numbers and notations and technical nuances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Bourne wasn't sure how Scott-Warren would respond to the Holinshed notations, describing him as "very conservative" when it comes to reaching such verdicts.
From Science Daily ● May 15, 2024
Pedro’s notations, though repetitious and even tedious, opened my eyes to his meticulous nature, the way he viewed each dollar as one that couldn’t fall through the cracks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2024
Amid all the praise, criticism, helpful notations and humorous color, Slagle’s voice is notably absent.
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2023
They are tools that exist as notations on the page and in my mind; like the abacus, they transform the way I operate on numbers.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Music - Introductory
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