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Avoid textbooks that say there are notations on the various pages, as these may not be the notes that earn you a good grade.
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Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 11 Dec. 2024
Nelson says participants use graphic notation to compose music – a process of documenting musical ideas using abstract representations of sound such as color, shape, or gesture, allowing quicker access to the music-making process than traditional systems allow.
—Gina Grillo, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
Folk songs, for example, are standards composed orally, given directly into the air, without notation and, therefore, without regard to property rights.
—E.l. Doctorow, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
My biggest challenge in life would be trying to learn a piece of music that might not be available in Braille music notation.
—John Johnston, The Enquirer, 12 Dec. 2024
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Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 11 Dec. 2024
Nelson says participants use graphic notation to compose music – a process of documenting musical ideas using abstract representations of sound such as color, shape, or gesture, allowing quicker access to the music-making process than traditional systems allow.
—Gina Grillo, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
Folk songs, for example, are standards composed orally, given directly into the air, without notation and, therefore, without regard to property rights.
—E.l. Doctorow, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
My biggest challenge in life would be trying to learn a piece of music that might not be available in Braille music notation.
—John Johnston, The Enquirer, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Notation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/notation. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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