notating

Setting to paper

Notating is writing something down in a specialized system of symbols or notation.

Musicians notate melodies, choreographers notate dance movements, and scientists notate chemical formulas.

The word emphasizes the systematic or technical nature of the recording: She spent hours notating the folk songs she'd collected.

music

score

Numerical standing in competition

bar · measure · note · rest · sharp · flat · natural · treble · bass · alto

transcription

dictation

Oral text for writing

IPA · transliteration · Braille · cipher · encoding · symbolic · recording · copying · converting · rendering

annotation

markup

Added percentage for profit

highlighting · footnoting · glossing · indexing · cross-referencing · citing · referencing · marginalia · bracketing · numbering

choreography

movement

Change in position

  • danceRhythmic bodily movement
  • stepsSequential actions in process
  • positionsLocations or viewpoints held

formations · staging · blocking · gestures · timing · cues · sequence

Opposites
method of musical/symbolic creation

notatingimprovising

Creating spontaneously without plan

extemporizing · ad-libbing · jamming · freestyling · playing by ear

recording vs. erasing

notatingerasing

Removing recorded marks

deleting · effacing · obliterating · expunging · removing

preservation vs ephemerality

notatingforgetting

Failing to retain memories

erasing · discarding · neglecting · ignoring · losing

Phrases
Family

notation, connotation, annotation, denotation, connotative, annotations, denotative, notations, notational

Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Rated G