Organum is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for ORGANUM in dictionary:

NOUN:
• a method of philosophical or scientific investigation, also ORGANON
• an early type of polyphonic music based on plainsong with an accompaniment sung below or above the melody.
• a part sung as an accompaniment below or above a melody.
• An organ or instrument; hence, a method by which philosophical or scientific investigation may be conducted; -- a term adopted from the Aristotelian writers by Lord Bacon, as the title (\"Novum Organon\") of part of his treatise on philosophical method.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• same as organon

Words related to ORGANUM

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Words that contain ORGANUM

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How to use ORGANUM in a sentence

• The mountain Belgian must be looked for in the environs of lake Balehas, in the country of Organum or Irganekon.
• Thus the harsh consecutive passages in fifths and fourths of the organum of Hucbald disappeared in favour of the softer progressions of thirds and sixths.
• By studying the rules prescribed for the organum, the singers could add the proper intervals to the melody.
• This system, contrary to the old organum, consisted of using only thirds and sixths together, excluding the fourth and fifth entirely, except in the first and last bars.

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