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... hexachord ( ut - re - mi - fa - sol - la ) , popular in the 16th and 17th centuries ; the consort music of the French composer Eu- stache Du Caurroy ( 1549-1609 ) , drawing on sacred and secular melodies ; the Choralfan- tasien of Bach ...
... hexachord ( ut - re - mi - fa - sol - la ) , popular in the 16th and 17th centuries ; the consort music of the French composer Eu- stache Du Caurroy ( 1549-1609 ) , drawing on sacred and secular melodies ; the Choralfan- tasien of Bach ...
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... hexachords , or diatonic six - note series , beginning succes- sively on C , F , and G ( see hexachord ) . The syllable ut could thus fall on any C , F , or G , but there was only one gamma ut . Eventually the name gamut was by ...
... hexachords , or diatonic six - note series , beginning succes- sively on C , F , and G ( see hexachord ) . The syllable ut could thus fall on any C , F , or G , but there was only one gamma ut . Eventually the name gamut was by ...
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... hexachord ( q.v .; the first six tones of the major scale ) ; these syllables , ut , re , mi , fa , sol , and la are used in Latin countries as the names of the notes from c to a ( ut was eventually replaced by do ) . His device was of ...
... hexachord ( q.v .; the first six tones of the major scale ) ; these syllables , ut , re , mi , fa , sol , and la are used in Latin countries as the names of the notes from c to a ( ut was eventually replaced by do ) . His device was of ...
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