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Mensural notation

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 notation of precise rhythmic durations based on numerical proportions of note values. Its modern name is derived from the terminology of medieval theorists, who used terms…

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Note values

Mensurations

Imperfection and alteration

Proportions and colorations

Pitch notation

Miscellaneous symbols

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Modern use

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Mensural notation

Nodes90
Edges89
Triples68
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.022222
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Mensural notation

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related to Clefs · 20
Mensural notation → All, An, C-clef, C2, C3, C4, C5, Clefs, F-clef, F3, F5, For, G-clefs, G2, In, Mensural, Since, The, The C-clef, The G-clef
related to history · 11
Mensural notation → Ars, Cologne, Cruce, Franco, He, However, Italian Trecento, Petrus, Philippe, The, Vitry
related to External links · 7
Mensural notation → Browser-based, Collection, Early Notation Typesetter, Indiana University, Latin, Thesaurus Musicarum Latinarum, Versilian Studios LLC
related to Note values · 7
Mensural notation → Between, Britain, Despite, The, There, Thus, Very
related to Ligatures · 6
Mensural notation → Gregorian, In, Ligature, Ligatures, The, Their
related to Mensurations · 6
Mensural notation → Each, In, Mensural, Of, The, These
related to Rests · 6
Mensural notation → Accordingly, As, For, If, Maxima, The
related to Pitch notation · 3
Mensural notation → Mensural, The, Whereas
is a · 1
Mensural notation → musical notation system used for polyphonic European vocal music from the late 13th century until the early 17th century
related to Miscellaneous symbols · 1
Mensural notation → Mensural

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Mensural notationis amusical notation system used for polyphonic European vocal music from the late 13th century until the early 17th century0.90text
Mensural notationrelated to ClefsMensural0.60section
Mensural notationrelated to ClefsG-clefs0.60section
Mensural notationrelated to ClefsClefs0.60section
Mensural notationrelated to ClefsSince0.60section
Mensural notationrelated to ClefsC-clef0.60section
Mensural notationrelated to ClefsFor0.60section
Mensural notationrelated to ClefsAn0.60section
Mensural notationrelated to ClefsF30.60section
Mensural notationrelated to ClefsC30.60section
Mensural notationrelated to ClefsC20.60section
Mensural notationrelated to ClefsG20.60section

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