English Explanatory Dictionary

musica ficta

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

musica ficta

Etymology

From Medieval Latin mūsica ficta (literally “fashioned music”).

Synonyms

musica falsa
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