musical notation
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"At the start of the lesson, I would go through how to play the musical notation, and then the lesson would just be silent focus on trying to learn this musical notation," he says.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Eschewing Western musical notation, Mr. Smith developed a system that sometimes encapsulates compositions within paintings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
She draws inspiration from the French composer Olivier Messiaen, who also transcribed birdsong into musical notation.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
It may be English as a second language, another spoken language, a language no longer spoken, American Sign Language, Braille, or even musical notation.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
If the audible version were written out in musical notation it would read like this, with all its ‘dots’ gone.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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