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A Gregorian Chant melody sung very slowly beneath a more active musical line.--Cantus firmus

The voice singing the melody of an organum.--Vox principalis

In a polyphonic composition, the part that holds the melody.--Tenor

The voice singing the accompanying line of an organum.--Vox organalis

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