mock debate. See tenso,
mock-naive style,
rondeau and, 122 , 220
virelai and, 349 –50
mock-popular genres, troubadour, 113 –14
modal discant counterpoint, 179 , 472
modal meter, 176 –83, 215
modal rhythm, 176 , 177 , 179 , 180 –205, 235
Ars Nova and, 260 –73
changes in, 245 , 249
chief shortcoming of, 199
dactylic foot and, 191 –92
Garlandia classification, 197
as mnemonic device, 78 , 184 –86
theoretical descriptions of, 186
modal theory, 105
change to tonal, 471 –72, 628 , 666
chromaticism and, 273 –76
Glareanus and, 553 –54
Mei treatise on, 799
See also Frankish modal theory; Greek (Hellenistic) music theory
mode,
as composition guide, 80 –86
concepts of, 28 –29, 76 –86, 99 –104, 111
eight medieval, 73 –76
Frankish classification of, 74 –75, 78 –80
Frankish numbering of, 77
Garlandia six-mode scheme and, 197 –98
Greek nomenclature for, 74 –75, 77 , 800 , 801 , 802
octave species and, 74
scale and, 28 –29, 75 –76, 100 –104
modern repertory. See standard repertory,
“Modo di cantar sonetti” (song), 698
Modo di fugir le cadenze, Il (Zarlino), 604 –5
modulation, 471
modus mixtus (mixed mode), definition of, 83
modus ultra mensuram, 191
Moengal (monk), 71