Etymology

musica ficta

Today it means: The use of chromatically altered tones in the contrapuntal music of the 10th to the 16th centuries. Full definition →

Medieval Latin mūsica ficta
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  1. Medieval Latin · borrowed frommūsica ficta
  2. English todaymusica ficta

From Medieval Latin mūsica ficta (literally “fashioned music”).

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