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musica ficta

MOO-see-ka FEEK-tah

[Latin]

A Medieval term describing all those notes in use at the time that are not to be found on the Guidonian hand. This term is also used to describe those notes that a modern performer would change by a semitone when playing Medieval music; these alterations are not written into the manuscript.



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Last Updated: 2013-02-14 19:18:29