notation
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Western notation can’t always capture African musical innovations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 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
The waltz has minor errors in rhythm and notation but Mr McClellan said he is sure that Chopin is behind it.
From BBC • Oct. 29, 2024
“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
But in the absence of surviving notation of the music performed with the plays of Aristophanes and others, we must once again resign ourselves to frustration and speculation.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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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