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1.93 divisio
ES: división, I: divisio, F: division, D: Divisio, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: jäsennysmerkki.
[Latin: ‘division’; pl. divisiones] In Gregorian chant, a vertical stroke through part or all of the staff that serves to structure a chant into phrases and sections. There are four types:
- divisio minima, a short pause
- divisio maior, a medium pause
- divisio maxima, a long pause
- finalis, to indicate the end of a chant, or the end of a section in a long antiphonal or responsorial chant.
TODO: musical example here?
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