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notation

[noh-tey-shuhn] / noʊˈteɪ ʃən /


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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

Figure 1.29: D sharp and E flat look very different when written in common notation, but they sound exactly the same when played on a piano.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones




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