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
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
“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
The defendant or his sons signed 11 checks to Michael Cohen with a false stub notation, “Retainer.”
From Salon • May 24, 2024
Since there is no restriction tying the singer to a “fixed” notation, children are free to just imitate or to explore, improvise and play with the sound.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
Vocabulary lists containing notation
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The ACT Math Test: Number and Quantity
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Music - Introductory
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