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music-glossary: divisio

 
 1.91 divisio
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 ES: división, I: divisio, F: ?, D: Divisio, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI:
 jäsennysmerkki.
 
    [Latin: ‘division’; pl.  _divisiones_] In Gregorian chant, a vertical
 stroke through part or all of the staff that serves to structure a chant
 into phrases and sections.  There are four types:
 
    • _divisio minima_, a short pause
 
    • _divisio maior_, a medium pause
 
    • _divisio maxima_, a long pause
 
    • _finalis_, to indicate the end of a chant, or the end of a section
      in a long antiphonal or responsorial chant.
 
    TODO: musical example here?
 
 
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