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Organum
- Earliest form of polyphony, or more than one voice sounding at a time
- Musica Enchiriadis from 9th century: discusses organum
- Vox principalis: main voice
- Vox Organalis: organum or second voice, below main voice and normally sustained
- Guido: innovator in notation, proto staff, and Guidonian hand to help in polyphony
- Notre Dame School: leonine and Perotin
- Wrote in discant style using rhythmic modes
- Took original chant and wrote substitute clausulae
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpgaEFmdFcM
Organum
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- Intro
- What is Organum?
- Musica Enchiriadis
- First Known Attempt at Polyphony and Organum
- Organum
- Two Voices: Vox Principalis (Main Voice) and Vox Organalis (Organum, Second Voice)
- Simple, Composite, and Parallel Organum
- Guido
- Micrologus, 1026
- Guidonian Hand: Mnemonic Device for Singers to Read Pitches
- Proto Staff: Four Staff Notation System, Precursor to Modern-Day Staff
- Notre Dame School of Polyphony
- Leonin and Perotin
- Two Voice
- Organum: Melismatic Voice Over Chant
- Discant: Note Against Note, Rhythms by Mode
- Copula: Transition Between Organum and Discant
- Perotin
- Substitute Clausula
- Often present in Discant
- Evolved into Stand Alone Pieces as Substitute Clausula Became Longer
- Experimented with Different Languages and Used Rhythmic Modes
- Motet
- Review





























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