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Renaissance note shapes whose values depend on context.
Also known as: White mensural notation, Renaissance notation
In mensural notation a note's value can depend on the notes around it: the same shape is worth two or three units according to the prevailing division and whether it is followed by another of its kind. Modern notation removed that context-dependence, which is the change that made scores readable at sight.
Denotes the note shapes of late medieval and Renaissance polyphony, written before the modern fixed-value system.
Contexts: Music
Makes some note values context-dependent, so a shape may be worth two or three units according to the mensuration sign and the notes following it.
Contexts: Music
Diamond and square note shapes, hollow or filled, with straight stems, drawn on a five-line staff.