. Also the number of note symbols was increased by the maxima or double longa
, and the minima
, which represented half the value of the semibrevis.
Now that music began taking a more definite rhythmic form than before, a more regular dividing off of the phrases became necessary. This was accomplished by the use of a dot, and another form, the perpendicular line, which we have noticed in the song of the King of Navarre (1250). At first a means to indicate triple time was invented, and the measure corresponding to our
was indicated by placing the sign
