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Motet
- One of the first polyphonic compositions
- Derived from the substitute clausulae from early polyphony and organum
- Machaut wrote many
- Based around rhythmic modes: series of longs or shorts
- Isorhythmic Motet: color (melody) and talea (rhythm) were different lengths and would meet up at some point based on length
- Way of organizing a composition around something other than text or chant
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZxAqWV7a0A
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA_7wAA94cU
Motet
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- Intro
- Motet
- Rhythmic Modes
- Notational Developments
- Famous Rhythmic Developers
- Different Combinations of Longs and Shorts
- Longa, Breve, Semibreve, Minim
- Perfect or Imperfect Prolation
- Notation
- Tempus, Prolation
- Tempus Perfectum/Prolation Major
- Breve
- Semibreves
- Minim
- Breve is the Main Unit of Time
- Tempus Perfectum/Prolation Minor
- Tempus Imperfectum/Prolation Major
- Tempus Imperfectum/Prolation Minor
- Common Time Origin
- Machaut and the Isorhythmic Motet
- Review






























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