Hypernyms for "musical notation"
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                    accidental
                    atonalism
                    atonality
                    bar
                    bar line
                    cancel
                    clef
                    fermata
                    flat
                    interval
                    key
                    key signature
                    measure
                    musical interval
                    musical note
                    musical scale
                    musical time signature
                    natural
                    note
                    rest
                    scale
                    segno
                    sforzando
                    sharp
                    signature
                    slur
                    solmisation
                    solmization
                    staff
                    stave
                    tablature
                    time signature
                    tonality
                    tone
            
    What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.