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musica falsa

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mu⋅si⋅ca fic⋅ta

[myoo-zi-kuh fik-tuh; Lat. moo-si-kah fik-tah]
–noun
the use of chromatically altered tones in the contrapuntal music of the 10th to the 16th centuries.
Also, mu⋅si⋅ca fal⋅sa [myoo-zi-kuh fawl-suh; Lat. moo-si-kah fahl-sah] .


Origin:
1795–1805; < ML mūsica ficta, lit., fashioned music
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