The phrase "note next to" is correct and usable in written English.
It is usually used to refer to a note that is placed near a specific item. For example, you might write: "I placed a note next to the door so I would remember to lock it when I left."
A note next to one of the explosive formulas said "the type used in Oklahoma".
The framed note next to the Klondike sign thanks Mr. DiBiase for his sympathy after Mr. Kennedy's mother, Jacqueline Onassis, died later that spring.
A note next to the names of House members and senators who have reservations at the Caucus Room restaurant during the inauguration festivities says do not give out.
"Thank you for your continued and loyal support over the years — this one's on me" is the note next to the download link, presumably a message from the Nine Inch Nails firebrand front man Trent Reznor.
Before he killed himself at a police training center on Thursday, Lt. Michael W. Pigott left a note next to pictures of his children explaining his rationale: He did not want his children to see him in handcuffs.
In the bathroom, a note next to the soap from the Isle of Skye Soap Company suggests you take it home as otherwise he will have to throw it away.
A list entitled "Visitors," has contributions to the society noted next to each name.
You can keep a Web page and a page of notes next to each other on the screen, and copy and paste (or drag) material between them.
She's a cheerful-looking, curly-haired woman, also in her early 50's, who has been studiously taking notes next to the accompanist, David LaMarche, at the piano.
(Wetmore likely first heard about Hemings from a census-taker in a neighboring county who, in the 1870 census, noted next to Madison Hemings's name, "This man is the son of Thomas Jefferson".
"I'm 37 1/2 years old, I made my fifth Olympic team, there are not many people who can say that," Devers said, while Hayes noted next to her that she was 10 years her junior.
