notationistn.
/nə(ʊ)ˈteɪʃn̩ɪst/, /nə(ʊ)ˈteɪʃənɪst/, U.S. /noʊˈteɪʃ(ə)nəst/ Now rare.
A user or advocate of a particular system of notation.Formerly used esp. in Music in relation to the tonic sol-fa system and staff notation.
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1889 G. B. Shaw in Star 24 May 4/2 The Tonic Sol-faists do..teach people to read music. That the staff notationists..don't, I take as granted.
1897 Mus. Herald 1 June 188/2 There is no reason why..Sol-faists and staff notationists should not come to a common understanding and agreement.
1928 Musical Times July 619 All those brought up on the Staff would benefit by a grounding in Tonic Sol-fa... The dual notationist is, in fact, the best-equipped musician.
1991 Re: Any comments on using Hungarian Notation? in comp.software-eng (Usenet newsgroup) 24 July If you wanted to be a ‘strict’ Hungarian notationist you'ld have to come up with a new abreviation [sic] for each class you defined.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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