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
TC740301
TC740302
TC742701
TC751801
TC521603
TC641201
TC670301
TC680301
TC680401
TC721401
TC810201
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TC591301
TC611802
TC671301
TC740204
TC780701
TC570001
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