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▸ noun: (music) A cantus firmus or theme chosen for contrapuntal treatment; so called because often an actual fragment of plain-song.
▸ noun: (music) The simple notes of an air, without ornament or variation.
▸ noun: (by extension) A plain unvarnished statement, without exaggeration.
Similar:
plainchant,
Gregorian chant,
plain song,
organum,
paraphrase mass,
symphonia,
prose,
pastoral,
accentus,
passacaglia,
more...
Opposite:
Adjectives:
gregorian,
traditional,
medieval,
ancient,
original,
latin,
liturgical,
old,
simple,
sonorous,
early
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