fusa
Definition of the Latin term fusa in music:
- literally "poured"
- note value in late mensural notation equivalent to an eighth note in modern notation (with a duration half that of a semiminima)
Language
Latin
Singular
fusa
Plural
fusae
Combinations
Latin musical terms that include fusa:
- semifusa – literally "half-poured"...
- subsemifusa – thirty-second note (American English), demisemiqua...
Related terms
Latin musical terms related to fusa:
- brevis – literally "short"...
- duplex longa – literally "double long"...
- fusella – thirty-second note (American English), demisemiqua...
- longa – literally "long"...
- maxima – note value in mensural notation equivalent to eigh...
- minima – note value in mensural notation equivalent to a ha...
- semibrevis – literally "half-short"...
- semiminima – literally "half-smallest"...
- unca – eighth-note (American English), quaver (British En...