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musical notation



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Eschewing Western musical notation, Mr. Smith developed a system that sometimes encapsulates compositions within paintings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Then, she transcribes their notes into musical notation.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2023

Crumb considered the art of musical notation his sole parallel talent to composing, referring to it as “musical calligraphy.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2022

That’s because the score opens with a rest, a musical notation that indicates the absence of sound.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2022

The letters looked like clothes hung out to dry on a line and they looked more like musical notation than writing.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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