Talk:Rota (music)

Difficulty editing
why is there no option to edit? the first sentence has a grammatical mistake...should be "song sung in..." and not simply "sung in..." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 154.20.42.17 (talk) 15:57, 23 September 2005‎

edit: nevermind. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 154.20.42.17 (talk) 15:58, 23 September 2005‎


 * Actually "round" is a noun. I edited the line to clarify it. Antandrus  (talk) 04:01, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

Rota vs. round
What's the difference between a rota and a round? -Branddobbe 06:52, 27 November 2005 (UTC)


 * They're very close to being the same thing. I'll try to clarify that in the article.  The rotas I know (e.g. sumer is icumen in) are less simple than a round in that there is a pair of voices singing, in round, an accompaniment figure (known as the pes) to what the other four voices are doing (known, I think, as the rota).  The accompaniment is a lot simpler than the music it accompanies, and sounds a lot like an ostinato.  Antandrus  (talk) 21:21, 28 November 2005 (UTC)