musical notation vs signature

signature vs musical notation

musical notation and signature both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
musical notation	Yes	No	No	No
signature	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, signature is a hyponym of musical notation; that is, signature is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than musical notation:

musical notation: (music) notation used by musicians
signature: the sharps or flats that follow the clef and indicate the key

Other hyponyms of musical notation include bar line, tablature, musical scale, scale, interval, musical interval, staff, stave, clef, key signature, key, tonality, atonalism, atonality, musical time signature, time signature, bar, measure, rest, musical note, note, tone, slur, sharp, flat, cancel, natural, accidental, fermata, solmisation, solmization, segno, sforzando, chant notation, modal notation.

musical notation (noun)	signature (noun)
(music) notation used by musicians	a distinguishing style
	your name written in your own handwriting
	a sheet with several pages printed on it; it folds to page size and is bound with other signatures to form a book
	the sharps or flats that follow the clef and indicate the key
	a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program

Difference between musical notation and signature

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