Music Theory Friday: isorhythm and its analysis

Welcome back to Between the Barlines AND another episode of Music Theory Friday!! We’re diving into a concept that might not be on your radar 24/7 when we are talking about analyzing music in general, but this concept has played a vital role in the evolution of Western music. This concept is called isorhythm.

Scores for Machaut isorhythmic motet:

unedited: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QhfZ71iZE8l6DMDLdWMMiJ9f2GbcoC64/view?usp=sharing

edited: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dedeZeNYLUvrhdJCrrs28BHk3U8O5yIc/view?usp=sharing