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1.
mī
n.
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Mus.
The third of the six tones of the hexachord.
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2.
minūte
n.(2)
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Mus.
An ornament consisting of a group of short notes sung rapidly [see Apel
Dict.Mus.
542-6].
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rē
n.(1)
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Mus.
The second note of any Guidonian hexachord [see
hexachord
in W.Apel,
Harvard Dict.of Music
(1944)].
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