musical notation

Noun

Meaning

(music) notation used by musicians

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

music notation score sheet music breve musical score musical arrangement beat division music notes music sheet mark musical notes notes of music half-note feature 2-beat note music note musical code
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Hypernyms

notation notational system

Hyponyms

clef natural rest measure scale note

Examples

13th-century Near East In 1252, Safi al-Din al-Urmawi developed a form of musical notation, where rhythms were represented by geometric representation. Source: Internet

Although Xenakis could well have composed this music by hand, the intensity of the calculations needed to transform probabilistic mathematics into musical notation was best left to the number-crunching power of the computer. Source: Internet

Although no notated musical compositions were found, the inscriptions indicate that the system was sufficiently advanced to allow for musical notation. Source: Internet

Due to a poor education, the young Mingus could not read musical notation quickly enough to join the local youth orchestra. Source: Internet

An illustration of the harmonic series in musical notation. Source: Internet

Alternative theories have been proposed, such as the theory of John C. Pope (1942), which uses musical notation to track the verse patterns. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

musical melody musical mode musical motif musical note musical notes musical octave