isorhythm
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.4|Transcription in modern notation of the isorhythmic tenor voice from the opening of the Kyrie of [[Guillaume de Machaut's Messe de Nostre Dame (c. 1360). A color of 28 pitches is arranged with a talea of four durations which repeats seven times (28 ÷ 4 = 7).]] Isorhythm (from the Greek for "the same rhythm") is a musical technique using a repeating rhythmic pattern, called a talea, in at least one voice part throughout a composition. Taleae are typically applied to one or more melodic patterns of pitches or colores, which may be of the same or a different
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- History and development
- 13th and 14th centuries
- An example
- Later
- Other cultures
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|upright=1.4|Transcription in modern notation of the isorhythmic tenor voice from the opening of the Kyrie of [[Guillaume de Machaut's Messe de Nostre Dame (c. 1360). A color of 28 pitches is arranged with a talea of four durations which repeats seven times (28 ÷ 4 = 7).]] Isorhythm (from the Greek for "the same rhythm") is a musical technique using a repeating rhythmic pattern, called a talea, in at least one voice part throughout a composition. Taleae are typically applied to one or more melodic patterns of pitches or colores, which may be of the same or a different length from the talea.
==History and development==