- guidonian syllable
- noun
Usage: usually capitalized G: one of the six syllables ut or do, re, mi, fa, sol, la used for the tones of the hexachord — compare solmization
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
guidonian syllable
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Guido d'Arezzo — Guidonian /gwi doh nee euhn/, adj. /gwee daw dah rddet tsaw/, (Guido Aretinus) ( Fra Guittone ) c995 1049?, Italian monk and music theorist: reformer of musical notation. * * * born с 990, Arezzo? died 1050, Avellana? Italian music theorist. A… … Universalium
Hexachord — In music, a hexachord is a six note segment of a scale or tone row. The term was adopted in the Middle Ages and adapted in the twentieth century in Milton Babbitt s serial theory. Middle AgesThe Guidonian hexachord (named after its inventor,… … Wikipedia
