musica ficta

Noun

Meaning

musica ficta (uncountable)

(music) The use of chromatically altered tones in the contrapuntal music of the 10th to the 16th centuries.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

musica falsa

Examples

Scholes quotes a keyboard piece by John Bull (1619) which has some similarities to the modern tune, depending on the placing of accidentals which at that time were unwritten in certain cases and left to the discretion of the player (see musica ficta ). Source: Internet

The notational practice of not marking implied accidentals—leaving them to the performer to supply instead—was called musica ficta (i. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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