Holding tone

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The holding note factor is a type of structure for a two-part piece of music that emerged during the Notre Dame school . The notes of the cantus firmus are stretched and combined with a melismatically and rhythmically freely performed upper part . Both voices are sung on the same syllable . The Haltetonfaktur was a forerunner of the pedal point and dissolved the hitherto syllabic as fourth , fifth or octave guided Organum from.

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  1. ↑ Beginnings of Music - Middle Ages. Page 47, with a music example. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
  2. ^ Karl H. Wörner: History of Music. A study and reference book. 8th edition. Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 1993, ISBN 3-525-27811-X , chapter Middle Ages , p. 88, section 14.7, book preview on Google .