Ligature

Japanese: ligatura
Ligature


[Modal Notation]
From the end of the 12th century, each voice in polyphonic music began to move independently, and a clear method of expressing the contrast in rhythm between the voices was required. For this reason, from the end of the 12th century to the 13th century, Notre Dame school polyphonic music used modal notation, which expresses six rhythmic patterns (rhythmic modes) by the arrangement of ligatures (ligatura) on square neumes. This method of notation indirectly expresses the note value of each note by indicating the type of mode, rather than directly indicating the note value of each note. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "ligatura" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:


[モード記譜法]
 12世紀末ころから,多声音楽の各声部がそれぞれ独立した動きを行うようになり,各声部のリズムの対比とその明確な表示法が求められるようになった。このため,12世紀末から13世紀にかけてノートル・ダム楽派の多声楽曲には,6種のリズム・パターン(リズム・モード)を角形ネウマの連結符(リガトゥラligatura)の並び方によって表示する,モード記譜法(モーダル・ノーテーションmodal notation)が用いられた。この記譜法は,1音1音の音価を直接示すのではなく,モードの種類を示すことによって,個々の音の音価を間接的に表示する方法である。…

※「ligatura」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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