Fingito vocales modulis apteque subinde
Vocibus his vulgi nascitur unde tenor
Non vario pergit cursu totumque secundum
Subvehit ad primum per tetrachorda modum.
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Aptly mould the vowels to the melodies and aptly mould them
repeatedly to those words of the common people, whence the
tenor is born. It continues on its unvaried course and only
raises the second statement to the first through the tetrachords.
—Trans. Leofranc Holford-Strevens
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