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Prolation
Prolation Pro*la"tion, n. [L. prolatio: cf. F. prolation.] 1. The act of prolating or pronouncing; utterance; pronunciation. [Obs.] --Ray. 2. The act of deferring; delay. [Obs.] --Ainsworth. 3. (Mus.) A medi[ae]val method of determining of the proportionate duration of semibreves and minims. --Busby.

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- In mensural notation, prolation (Latin: prolatio) is used to describe the rhythmic structure of medieval and Renaissance music. The term is used to the...
- semicircle for tempus imperfectum, each combined with a dot for prolatio maior, or no dot for prolatio minor. These correspond to modern measures of 9 8, 3 4,...
- circle), while the relation between the semibreve and the minim was called prolatio and could be major (3:1 or compound, indicated by dot) or minor (2:1 or...
- two perfect ones (divided into three parts) in tempus perfectum or in prolatio maior. In rhythm, hemiola refers to three beats of equal value in the time...
- prolation) could be divided into three minima (prolatio perfectus or major prolation) or two minima (prolatio imperfectus or minor prolation) and, at the...
- evanuerit (John of Salisbury, Metalog., II, 17). "Nihil enim aliud est prolatio (vocis) quam aeris plectro linguae percussio" Richard J. Utz, "Medievalism...
- edition; however, the symbol (the mensuration sign for "tempus perfectum, prolatio minor, diminutum") appears in the first edition of 1731, and = 2 2 in the...
- referring to the division of breves into two or three semibreves) and prolatio (the division of semibreves into two or three minims). The modus longarum...
- See Burney's History, vol 1, p 691 of Mercer's ed. Cross-referenced to PROLATIO. WALTHER, JOHN GODFREY 18th Germany Writer on Music 0.3 Burney. See Burney's...
- in Italian Music - 0.1 Burney. Term meaning harshness to the listener. Prolatio Major et Minor - 0.7 Burney. See Burney's History, Mercer's ed. under Notation...