musical notation

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Another, at Temple University in Philadelphia, will develop an online tool to transcribe early polyphonic music, which consists of multiple independent melodies that are played or sung at the same time, in standard musical notation.

From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2023

But without musical notation, there was no way to do so.

From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2022

That’s because the score opens with a rest, a musical notation that indicates the absence of sound.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2022

It may be English as a second language, another spoken language, a language no longer spoken, American Sign Language, Braille, or even musical notation.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

But in general, it just would not have occurred to them that having musical notation mattered.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall