Gymel

Gymel ( pronunciation : [ ˈdʒɪməl ], English , from Latin : gemellus = double in the sense of "twin"), also Gymell , Gimel , Gimell , Gemel , Gemell , Gemmel or Gemmell , is a 15th and 16th century A documented expression that denotes either the temporary splitting of one voice in a polyphonic movement into two apparently coincident voices or a musical movement type that mainly consists of parallel thirds. In (modern) research literature, Gymel is mostly treated in a far more comprehensive sense as a tendency in the compositional technique of English polyphony that has been characteristic since the 13th century .

See also

• divisi
• Fauxbourdon

literature

• Ernest H. Sanders:  Gymel. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
• Klaus-Jürgen Sachs: Gymel. In: Concise dictionary of musical terminology
• Klaus-Jürgen Sachs:  Gymel. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, factual part, volume 3 (Engelberg - Hamburg). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 1995, ISBN 3-7618-1104-7  ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
• Gymel. In: Encyclopædia Britannica . Retrieved March 21, 2018 . 

Web links

• Gymel with keyword - Lexicon of Early Music by BR-Klassik