Mensural notation is the musical notation system used for polyphonic European vocal music from the late 13th century until the early 17th century. The term "mensural" refers to the ability of …

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mensural notation, European system of musical notation used from c. 1260 to 1600. It evolved as a method to notate complex rhythms beyond the possibilities of previous notation (neumes) …

The first dot acts at tempus level: followed by a group weighting three semibreves, the first breve could have stayed perfect; but now it's the last semibreve of the group (before the …

Aug 22, 2015 · Mensural notation and music is a direct predecessor to European "classical" music in this regard. Much like modern notation, they used symbols at the start of a piece to define …

Mar 27, 2025 · tempo, speed or pacing of a piece of music, playing an essential role in performance and acting as the heartbeat of expression. The word tempo, meaning “time” in …

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May 17, 2022 · Music tempos and bpm are mistakenly used interchangeably, but they are different. Tempo is a convention, the subjective approach to musical timing. In contrast, bpm is …

Jul 10, 2015 · tempus [Latin, time] A term in Mensuration to describe the relationship between the brevis and the semibrevis. The relationship would be either duple or triple.

We will first study the rules for a division without specifying its level (tempus: breves => semibreves or prolatio: semibreves => minims) or its type (binary or ternary). We'll write N for …