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[noh-tey-shuhn] / noʊˈteɪ ʃən /


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Western notation can’t always capture African musical innovations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

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

The defendant or his sons signed 11 checks to Michael Cohen with a false stub notation, “Retainer.”

From Salon • May 24, 2024

They wondered how the Arabic language, which is written from right to left, could be integrated into Western classical music notation which goes from left to right.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2024

Though he didn’t have exponential notation, he invented something comparable, and his calculations were essentially equivalent to the following.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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