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mensural notation development

  • musical notation; sheet music
    In musical notation: Mensural notation

    ā€¦mensural notation evolved, another device, coloration, came into use. If a composer wished to render a potentially perfect note imperfect, he could write it in red or as a hollow note (as , š¯…†, š¯†¹); these two devices had, however, various other, less common meanings. About 1400, hollow note shapesā€¦

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