Mensural notation is the musical notation system used for polyphonic European vocal music from the late 13th century until the early 17th century. The...

devised around 1200 AD and later superseded by the more complex mensural notation. Modal notation indicated modes by grouping notes together in ligatures—a...

development of modern mensural notation. The rhythmic modes of Notre Dame Polyphony were the first coherent system of rhythmic notation developed in Western...

longest notated note (though now obsolete) is the maxima. In medieval mensural notation, the brevis was one of the shortest note lengths in use, hence its...

with a system of mensural time signatures to distinguish between them. This black mensural notation gave way to white mensural notation around 1450, in...

modern musical notation History of music publishing List of scorewriters Mensural notation Modal notation Music engraving, drawing music notation for the purpose...

names. It is the equivalent of the semifusa in mensural notation, first found in 15th-century notation. Sixteenth notes are notated with an oval, filled-in...

the value of a sixteenth note. It is the equivalent of the fusa in mensural notation. Eighth notes are notated with an oval, filled-in note head and a...

older symbol . The note equates to the semiminima ('half minim') of mensural notation. The word "crotchet" comes from Old French crochet, meaning 'little...

both theoretical and practical sources but appeared primarily in pre-mensural notation ligatures, symbols representing two or more notes joined together...