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Mensural notation is the
musical notation system used for
polyphonic European vocal music from the late 13th
century until the
early 17th century. The...
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basic unit of time, the
pulse (regularly
repeating event), of the
mensural level (or beat level). The beat is
often defined as the
rhythm listeners...
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longest notated note (though now obsolete) is the maxima. In
medieval mensural notation, the
brevis was one of the
shortest note
lengths in use, hence...
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symbol . The
quarter note
equates to the
semiminima ('half minim') of
mensural notation. The word "crotchet"
comes from Old
French crochet,
meaning 'little...
- colloquially, cut time or cut
common time.
These symbols derive from
mensural time signatures,
described below.
Simple meters are
those whose upper number...
- note (quaver),
hence the names. It is the
equivalent of the
semifusa in
mensural notation,
first found in 15th-century notation.
Sixteenth notes are notated...
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system of the Notre-Dame
school at the turn of the 12th century. In the
mensural notation that
emerged later,
modus specifies the
subdivision of the longa...
- notation),
caused by the
greater number of
notes in the
upper parts. See "
Mensural notation" for examples. The name for this note in
European languages is...
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particular tuning of the tetrachord, and to a
rhythmic notational convention in
mensural music of the 14th to 16th centuries. In
ancient Greece there were three...
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theoretical and
practical sources but
appeared primarily in pre-
mensural notation ligatures,
symbols representing two or more
notes joined together...
