Klarinet Archive - Posting 000349.txt from 2000/10

From: "Karl Krelove" <kkrelove@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] how long does a note last?
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2000 14:45:40 -0400

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Glenn [mailto:notestaff@-----.de]
> Fascinating! My pupils have more often asked what that "C" means. All I
> know to
> tell them is that it's another way to write (or an abbreviation for) 4/4
> time.
>
> When was this circle and broken circle used? Middle ages?
>
>
There's a longish (for a dictionary) article in the Harvard Dictionary of
Music about mensural notation that dates its use between about 1250 and 1600
AD. There were further elaborations of the circle depending on the type
(duple or triple) of subdivision used.

Karl Krelove

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