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notation

[noh-tey-shuhn] / noʊˈteɪ ʃən /


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Ms. Chan examines the process by which scales and music notation came to the page.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 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

“Dorico’s not totally perfect if you have super weird stuff like harp notation or complicated percussion staves. You might have to hand-tweak those after they’re in the new system,” said Pogue.

From Slate • Sep. 26, 2024

Nobody actually knows how long an atom can survive, but according to Martin Rees it is probably about 1035 years–a number so big that even I am happy to express it in notation.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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