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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

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

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

From Salon • May 24, 2024

Others prefer scientific pitch notation, which simply labels the octaves with numbers, starting with C1 for the lowest C on a full-sized keyboard.

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