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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Modulatio(u)n, -cio(u)n, n. Also: modelatioun. [ME. modulacion (Trevisa), -cyone, e.m.E. modulation, F. modulation (14th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), L. modulātio.] a. The making of music with due measure or variation of tone or pitch; melodious music-making. b. The observing of due measure or proportion in music or musical variation. —a. a1500 Henr. Orph. 39 (Ch. & M.).
The secund maide namyt Melpomene As hony suete in modulacion [v.rr. modvlacioun, modelatioun] 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. 499.
In modulatioun hard I play and sing Faburdoun, pricksang, discant, countering Ib. 863.
Terpsichore … Makis on psalteris modulatiounb. c1550-c1580 Art of Music i.
Music mensurall … is discretion of modulatioun and forme in discrait figuris in mud, tyme and prolatioun quantificat Ib. 5.
The pausis of semequaweris ar nocht nottit with modulation vsit quhairfor we leiff thame ondiscrywit Ib. 32.
