I'm pretty sure the meter alternation has a name, and that I've run across the name, but I cannot recall it even if I'm right. Either that, or this piece is really unusual for the period and I'm only imagining that the technique has a name because I've been stuffing my head full of terms and concepts like "imperfect tempus" and "perfect prolation" for the past few weeks.
I want to describe this as alternating between tempus imperfectum, prolatio major and tempus perfectum, prolatio minor, but I'm not sure whether I'm applying the right century's mensural terminology. I'm getting the concepts but the timeline is all a jumble in my head. BTW, the original notation is online, but I'm having trouble tracking down exactly which of a few similar-looking notations it's in, and the scan is kind of blurry.
When I was typing the tune in, I didn't recognize the title ... but then when I played it I realized I'd heard it before on some CD. It's a really bouncy little tune, even at a singable speed, isn't it? It's also my current earworm.
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I want to describe this as alternating between tempus imperfectum, prolatio major and tempus perfectum, prolatio minor, but I'm not sure whether I'm applying the right century's mensural terminology. I'm getting the concepts but the timeline is all a jumble in my head. BTW, the original notation is online, but I'm having trouble tracking down exactly which of a few similar-looking notations it's in, and the scan is kind of blurry.
When I was typing the tune in, I didn't recognize the title ... but then when I played it I realized I'd heard it before on some CD. It's a really bouncy little tune, even at a singable speed, isn't it? It's also my current earworm.