fauxbourdon

noun

faux·bour·don | \ ˈfōbə(r)ˌdän\

plural -s

Definition of fauxbourdon

1 : harmonic progressions of the 15th century characterized by parallel fourths in the two upper voices and based chiefly on parallel sixth chords

2 : a sacred homophonic choral composition

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