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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
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
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
But in the absence of surviving notation of the music performed with the plays of Aristophanes and others, we must once again resign ourselves to frustration and speculation.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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Based on a 2014 play by David Haig, who co-wrote its screenplay with its director, Anthony Maras, the movie faces an obvious challenge: Watching meteorologists scribble notations on charts isn’t particularly cinematic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 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
Turns out his caddie had used a level on the practice green and put some notations in the book.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 3, 2023
There were notations like “Rolex watch, $900, recovered” and “Pearls, antique, $500, not recovered.”
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
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