be-mol and bemol - Middle English Compendium

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bẹ̄-mol n.

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Forms	bẹ̄-mol n. Also b molle.
Etymology	OF bemol, L B mollis.

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Mus. The fourth tone in the Guidonian hexachord on F ut; B-flat at intervals of a second below middle C and a seventh above middle C.

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c1380 Vncomly in (Arun 292)292 : Thu bitist a-sonder bequarre, for bemol i the blame.
(a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.355 : Þey makeþ wel mery armonye..and bygynneþ from bemol [L: B molli] and pleieþ priueliche vnder deepe soun.
a1450 Treat.Music (Lnsd 763)245 : Mi, sol, la be ♭ molle.