talea

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A repeated rhythmic pattern used in isorhythm implying a piece cut off.

Word forms

talea taleae

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin tālea (1940s), from Latin tālea (“cutting; scion”).

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