#notation__notational_system  a technical system of symbols used to represent special things
  supertype:  writing.symbols  letters or symbols written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language; "he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show"; "the doctor's writing was illegible"
  subtype:  mathematical_notation  a notation used by mathematicians
     subtype:  numeration_system__number_system__number_representation_system__system_of_numeration  any notation for the representation of numbers
        subtype:  positional_notation__positional_representation_system  a numeration system in which a real number is represented by an ordered set of characters where the value of a character depends on its position
           subtype:  pure_binary_numeration_system__binary_numeration_system__binary_number_system__binary_system  a positional system of numeration that uses binary digits and a radix of 2
           subtype:  octal_numeration_system__octal_number_system  a positional system of numeration that uses octal digits and a radix of 8
           subtype:  decimal_numeration_system__decimal_number_system__decimal_system__decimalsystem  a positional system of numeration that uses decimal digits and a base of 10
              subtype:  algorism.decimal_numeration_system  the Arabic (or decimal) system of numeration
           subtype:  hexadecimal_number_system__sexadecimal_number_system__hexadecimal_system__hexadecimalsystem  a positional system of numeration that uses hexadecimal digits and a radix of 16
     subtype:  binary_notation  any notation that uses 2 characters (usually 0 and 1)
     subtype:  decimal_notation__decimalnotation  any notation that uses 10 different characters (usually the digits 0 to 9)
     subtype:  octal_notation__octalnotation  any mathematical notation that uses 8 different characters (usually the digits 0 to 7)
     subtype:  hexadecimal_notation__hexadecimalnotation__sexadecimal_notation__sexadecimalnotation  any notation that uses 16 different characters
     subtype:  sign.mathematical_notation  a character indicating a relation between quantities; "don't forget the minus sign"
        subtype:  equals_sign  a sign indicating that the quantities on either side are equal
        subtype:  plus_sign  a sign indicating the operation of addition
        subtype:  minus_sign__minussign  a sign indicating the operation of subtraction
     subtype:  decimal_point__decimalpoint__percentage_point  the dot at the left of a decimal fraction
     subtype:  exponent.mathematical_notation__power__index  a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself
        subtype:  degree.exponent  the highest power of a term or variable
           subtype:  degree_of_a_term  the sum of the exponents of the variables in the term
           subtype:  degree_of_a_polynomial  the degree of the term in the polynomial that has the highest degree
        subtype:  logarithm__log  the exponent required to produce a given number
           subtype:  common_logarithm  a logarithm to the base 10
           subtype:  natural_logarithm__naturallogarithm__Napierian_logarithm  a logarithm to the base e
     subtype:  radical_sign__radicalsign__radical  a sign placed in front of an expression to denote that a root is to be extracted
     subtype:  fixed-point_notation__fixedpointnotation__fixed-point_representation_system  a radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is fixed by convention
     subtype:  floating-point_notation__floating-point_representation_system  a radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is indicated by an exponent of the radix; the floating-point representation of 0.0012 is 0.12-2 where -2 is the exponent
     subtype:  infix_notation__infixnotation  a notation for forming mathematical expressions using parentheses and governed by rules of operator precedence; operators are dispersed among the operands
     subtype:  parenthesis-free_notation  a notation for forming mathematical expressions that does not use parentheses to delimit components
        subtype:  prefix_notation__Lukasiewicz_notation__Polish_notation  a parenthesis-free notation for forming mathematical expressions in which each operator precedes its operands
        subtype:  postfix_notation__postfixnotation__suffix_notation__reverse_Polish_notation  a parenthesis-free notation for forming mathematical expressions in which each operator follows its operands
  subtype:  musical_notation__musicalnotation  a notation used by musicians
     subtype:  bar_line__barline  a vertical line marking the boundary between musical bars
        subtype:  double_bar  notation marking the end of principal parts of a musical composition; two adjacent bar lines
     subtype:  tablature  a musical notation indicating the fingering to be used
     subtype:  musical_scale__scale  a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)
        subtype:  gamut.musical_scale  the entire scale of musical notes
        subtype:  diatonic_scale  a scale with eight notes in an octave; all but two are separated by whole tones
           subtype:  musical_mode__musicalmode__mode  any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave
              subtype:  ecclesiastical_mode__Gregorian_mode__church_mode__medieval_mode  any of a system of modes used in Gregorian chants up until 1600; derived historically from the Greek mode
              subtype:  Greek_mode  any of the descending diatonic scales in the music of classical Greece
              subtype:  major_scale__majorscale__major_diatonic_scale  a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 3rd and 4th and 7th and 8th
              subtype:  minor_scale__minorscale__minor_diatonic_scale  a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 2nd and 3rd and 5th and 6th
        subtype:  chromatic_scale__chromaticscale  a 12-note scale including all the semitones of the octave
        subtype:  gapped_scale  a musical scale with fewer than seven notes
           subtype:  pentatonic_scale  a gapped scale with five notes
     subtype:  musical_interval__musicalinterval__interval  the difference in pitch between two notes
        subtype:  whole_tone__wholetone__tone__step__whole_step__wholestep  a musical interval of two semitones
        subtype:  semitone__half_step  the musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument
        subtype:  quartertone  half of a semitone
        subtype:  musical_octave__musicaloctave__octave  a musical interval of eight tones
        subtype:  third.musical_interval  the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it; "a simple harmony written in major thirds"
        subtype:  fourth.musical_interval  the musical interval between one note and another four notes away from it
        subtype:  fifth.musical_interval  the musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it
        subtype:  sixth  the musical interval between one note and another six notes away from it
        subtype:  seventh  the musical interval between one note and another seven notes away from it
     subtype:  stave__staff  (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
     subtype:  clef  a musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it
        subtype:  treble_clef__G_clef  a clef that puts the G above middle C on the second line of a staff
        subtype:  bass_clef__F_clef  a clef that puts the F below middle C on the fourth line of a staff
        subtype:  alto_clef__viola_clef__violaclef  a clef that puts middle C on the third line of a staff
        subtype:  C_clef  a movable clef that puts middle C on one of the lines of a staff
        subtype:  soprano_clef__sopranoclef  a clef that puts middle C on the bottom line of the staff
        subtype:  tenor_clef__tenorclef  a clef that puts middle C on the fourth line of the staff; used for writing music for bassoons or cellos or tenor horns
     subtype:  key_signature__keysignature__signature  the sharps or flats that follow the clef and indicate the key
     subtype:  tonality__key  any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
     subtype:  atonality__atonalism  the absence of a key; alternative to the diatonic system
     subtype:  musical_time_signature__time_signature  a musical notation indicating the number of beats to a measure and kind of note that takes a beat
        subtype:  alla_breve  a musical time signature indicating two or four half notes to a measure
     subtype:  measure.musical_notation__bar  notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats; written followed by a vertical bar
     subtype:  rest.musical_notation  a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration
        subtype:  whole_rest__wholerest  a rest equal in duration to a whole note
     subtype:  musical_note__musicalnote__note__tone  a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; "the singer held the note too long"
        subtype:  tonic__keynote  (music) the first note of a diatonic scale
        subtype:  supertonic  (music) the second note of a diatonic scale
        subtype:  mediant  (music) the third note of a diatonic scale; midway between the tonic and the dominant
        subtype:  subdominant  (music) the fourth note of the diatonic scale
        subtype:  dominant  (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale
        subtype:  submediant  (music) the sixth note of a major or minor scale (or the third below the tonic)
        subtype:  subtonic__leading_tone__leadingtone  (music) the seventh note of the diatonic scale
        subtype:  pedal_point__pedalpoint__pedal  a sustained bass note
        subtype:  trill__shake  a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
        subtype:  middle_C  the note designated by the first ledger line below the treble staff; 261.63 Hertz
        subtype:  chord  a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
           subtype:  arpeggio  a chord whose notes are played in rapid succession rather than simultaneously
           subtype:  sforzando  an accented chord
           subtype:  common_chord__triad  a 3-note major or minor chord; a note and its third and fifth tones
           subtype:  seventh_chord__seventhchord  a triad with a seventh added
        subtype:  passing_note__passingnote__passing_tone__passingtone  a nonharmonic note inserted for transition between harmonic notes
        subtype:  whole_note__wholenote__semibreve  a musical note having the longest time value
        subtype:  half_note__minim  a musical note having the time value of half a whole note
        subtype:  quarter_note__quarternote__crotchet  a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note
        subtype:  eighth_note__quaver  a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note
        subtype:  sixteenth_note__sixteenthnote__semiquaver  a musical note having the time value of a sixteenth of a whole note
        subtype:  thirty-second_note__demisemiquaver  a musical note having the time value of a thirty-second of a whole note
        subtype:  sixty-fourth_note__hemidemisemiquaver  a musical note having the time value of a sixty-fourth of a whole note
        subtype:  grace_note__gracenote__appoggiatura__acciaccatura  an embellishing note usually written in smaller size
        subtype:  blue_note  a flattened third or seventh
     subtype:  slur  (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato
        subtype:  tie.slur  (music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value
     subtype:  sharp.musical_notation  a notation indicating one half step higher than the note named
     subtype:  flat.musical_notation  a notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
     subtype:  cancel__natural  a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
     subtype:  accidental  a notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
     subtype:  solmisation__solmization  a system of naming the notes of a musical scale by syllables instead of letters
        subtype:  tonic_solfa__tonicsolfa__solfa  a system of solmization using the solfa syllables: do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti
     subtype:  segno  (music) a notation written at the beginning or end of a passage that is to be repeated
     subtype:  sforzando.musical_notation  (music) a notation written above a note and indicating that it is to be played with a strong initial attack
  subtype:  choreography  a notation used by choreographers
     subtype:  Labanotation  a system of notation for dance movements that uses symbols to represent points on a dancer's body and the direction of the dancer's movement and the tempo and the dynamics
  subtype:  chemical_notation  a notation used by chemists to express technical facts in chemistry

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