fauxbourdon
American
[foh-ber-don, foh-boor -dawn]
/ ˈfoʊ bərˌdɒn, foʊ burˈdɔ̃ /
noun
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Music. a 15th-century compositional technique employing three voices, the upper and lower voices progressing an octave or a sixth apart while the middle voice extemporaneously doubles the upper part at a fourth below.
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the use of progressions of parallel sixth chords.
Etymology
Origin of fauxbourdon
1875–80; < French: literally, false bourdon
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