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  1. (uncountable) The act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters.
  2. (uncountable) A system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in an art or science or in mathematics or logic to express technical facts or quantities.
  3. (countable) A specific note or piece of information written in such a notation.
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This editor permits single or double stave notation utilizing the treble, bass, tenor and alto clefs.
The main innovation was Playfair's use of algebraic notation to abbreviate the proofs which he taught in his class.
The whole note derives from the semibrevis of mensural notation, and this is the origin of the British name.
Sometimes he sticks perhaps a little too rigidly to the composer's precise notation.
Chapters cover finding notes on the piano, hand positioning and an introduction to rhythm and musical notation.
In this case, the cryptic notation specifies a square pattern with reflections and quarter turns.

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