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The 27 pages that link to Musical notation, each with the reason it gives.

• CounterpointRelated: Notation makes simultaneous melodic lines visible and writable.

• Classical musicRelated: Notation enabled compositions to circulate beyond memory and individual performance.

• Equal temperamentRelated: Its standard chromatic note names align with the shared pitches of equal-tempered instruments.

• Musical improvisationRelated: Notation can constrain improvisation or leave performers spaces to invent.

• MusicologyRelated: Notation preserves some musical details while leaving performance choices and oral knowledge uncertain.

• Performance practiceRelated: Notation records some performance directions while leaving others open to convention and judgment.

• Musical performanceRelated: Notation can guide performance while leaving many expressive choices open.

• Musical phrasingRelated: Notation suggests phrase boundaries and expression but cannot specify every nuance.

• Chromatic scaleRelated: Staff notation represents chromatic pitches with accidentals and key signatures.

• Art musicRelated: Written scores enable composers to specify works for trained performers across time and place.

• MusicRelated: Notation preserves musical ideas in a form performers can interpret.

• ScordaturaRelated: Scordatura scores may notate fingered pitches rather than the pitches that actually sound.

• History of musicRelated: Notation lets historians compare written repertories and trace changes in musical practice.

• Musical noteRelated: Notation represents notes through pitch, duration, and other performance markings.

• XylophoneRelated: Xylophone parts use pitched notation, typically on a treble-clef staff.

• Brian FerneyhoughRelated: His unusually detailed scores make notation part of the work’s expressive substance.