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The 12 pages that link to Organum, each with the reason it gives.

• CounterpointBroader topic: Organum preserves some of the earliest documented traditions of combining vocal lines.

• Gregorian chantBroader topic: Composers used chant as the foundation for some of the earliest written polyphony.

• MotetNarrower topic: The motet developed from practices associated with elaborating chant in organum.

• MelismaRelated: In Notre-Dame organum, a sustained chant note can support an elaborate melisma above it.

• Medieval musicBroader topic: It shows how medieval musicians began elaborating liturgical song.

• Musical improvisationRelated: Medieval organum included practices that allowed performers to elaborate melodies in performance.

• Cantus firmusBroader topic: Early organum often kept chant as a sustained structural line beneath added voices.

• Pythagorean tuningRelated: Parallel fourths and fifths made the tuning of early polyphony especially consequential.

• Notre-Dame schoolNarrower topic: The school’s defining repertory expanded organum into long, intricate settings of chant.

• Renaissance polyphonyRelated: Its simpler early forms offer a historical contrast with mature Renaissance counterpoint.

• LéoninNarrower topic: Léonin’s surviving reputation centers on the development of elaborate organum.

• PérotinNarrower topic: Pérotin’s best-known works develop organum into large-scale, multi-voice compositions.