tactus
(medieval Latin masculine noun meaning touch, tact, contact)
In Renaissance music, the unit of measurement of time and the corresponding note figure (generally corresponding to the average beat of the human pulse) constituted the reference point for determining the absolute value of duration of all musical figures in notation.
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The Tactus Catalog
TC472001
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TC230001
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TC100008
TC100004
TC100003
TC100001
TC733701
TC661913
TC661901
TC660301
TC614401
TC552902
TC552901
TC551801
TC551302
TC551301
TC533803
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