musical notation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmusicalandnotation
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musical
adjective
uk/ˈmjuː.zɪ.kəl/us/ˈmjuː.zɪ.kəl/
related to or connected ...
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notation
noun[C or U]
uk/nəʊˈteɪ.ʃən/us/noʊˈteɪ.ʃən/
a system of written symbols used especially in mathematics or to represent ...
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(Definition ofmusicalandnotationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofmusical notation
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The 121 items provided withmusicalnotationare edited together with their complete texts in mostly modern chant notation.
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Musicalnotationis kept to a minimum, theoretical concepts are explained in simple terms, and prominent musicologists are given brief introductions.
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Musicalnotationdoes not register sounds but presents systems of interrelations, allowing the transmission of certain musical aspects.
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The author also proposes an understanding of ' cursive script ' as a procedure that affects textual andmusicalnotationanalogously.
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Yet these innovations inmusicalnotationand style actually make up only one facet of this unique document.
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In fact, the treatise itself contains no examples inmusicalnotation.
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Were these done by memory: was unsupported memory a sufficient vehicle for such exchanges; or wasmusicalnotationof some sort a necessity?
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They introduced western learning, instruments and performers, experimented with western music andmusicalnotation, and, in short, promoted an indigenous modernity.
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Unfortunately, direct archaeological evidence in the form of an extant wax tablet bearingmusicalnotationis thus far lacking.
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Reading and writingmusicalnotationis a key skill in composing.
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They led towards more complex forms ofmusicalnotationand more complex music.
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Words in alphabetic script and melodies inmusicalnotationconstitute the complete text of plainchant.
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From what is visible on this folio, the neumes seem to be the next stage in the development of kondakarianmusicalnotation.
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Themusicalnotationis more than usually difficult to read.
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The relatively unconstrained drawing is not a suitable equivalent formusicalnotation.
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It includes nomusicalnotation; instead readers are referred to already existing musical editions.
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He implies that such work employed the instrumentality ofmusicalnotation, but does not rule out that memorization by rote may have sufficed.
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Nearly every composition begins, at least on paper, with temporal calculations on graph paper devoid of pitch ideas or any kind ofmusicalnotation.
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