The phrase "against notes" is not commonly used in written English and may be unclear without context.
It could potentially be used in contexts discussing opposition to certain notes or comments, but it is not a standard expression.
Example: "The committee's decision was made against notes provided by the advisory board."
Alternatives: "in opposition to notes" or "contrary to notes".
Chanel's Coco Noir, with its square black bottle, catches the new spirit with its mix of grapefruit and Bergamot, rose and jasmine, set against notes of patchouli and sandalwood.
The act regulated the minimum capital requirements of national banks, the kinds of loans they could make, and the reserves that were to be held against notes and deposits; it also provided for the supervision and examination of banks and for the protection of noteholders.
Transcriptions were spot-checked for accuracy against notes taken during the interviews.
Extracted data were cross-checked against notes made by both reviewers during the eligibility assessment, with resolution by discussion in the few instances of disagreement.
Until the end of the 11th century organum was written entirely in note-against-note style, described, in 1336, as punctus contra punctum (point against point i.e., note against note), hence the name counterpoint.
The Winchester Troper includes 3 Introits, 53 Alleluias, 19 Tracts, and 7 Sequences in undecipherable note-against-note organum.
It differed from a motet in that its basic part was not plainsong and that all parts sang the same Latin text in note-against-note style.
(The term counterpoint means note against note or combining two or more musical lines simultaneously).
In more elaborate forms of organum, a freely composed melody was sung note against note above the plainchant.
The 14 fugues, each called a contrapunctus (which, in Latin, means "note against note") use various devices of imitative counterpoint, like inversion, double fugues and mirror fugues.
In its earliest written form, found in the treatise Musica enchiriadis (c. 900; "Musical Handbook"), organum consisted of two melodic lines moving simultaneously note against note.
