A principal accent or rhythmic unit, especially in 15th- and 16th- century music.
〔乐〕（尤指15世纪及16世纪音乐中的）塔克图斯（表示拍子的术语，是作为乐曲单位的音符时值的基准）
a tactus that hovers around 72-6
mass nouna correspondence of tactus between chant and polyphony
Example sentencesExamples
The strings, with great unanimity of tone, provide the delicate motor, the tactus, that allows the pianist to fly.
It is also clear that there is more danger of too slow and stodgy a tempo when the lesser tactus is used.
The sections in sesquialtera can then be conducted by simply altering the even tactus of the opening duple meter to an uneven tactus, without changing the timing of the full tactus beat itself.
Origin
Latin.
Definition of tactus in US English:
tactus
nounˈtäkto͝os
Music
A principal accent or rhythmic unit, especially in 15th- and 16th-century music.
〔乐〕（尤指15世纪及16世纪音乐中的）塔克图斯（表示拍子的术语，是作为乐曲单位的音符时值的基准）
a tactus that hovers around 72-6
mass nouna correspondence of tactus between chant and polyphony
Example sentencesExamples
The sections in sesquialtera can then be conducted by simply altering the even tactus of the opening duple meter to an uneven tactus, without changing the timing of the full tactus beat itself.
The strings, with great unanimity of tone, provide the delicate motor, the tactus, that allows the pianist to fly.
It is also clear that there is more danger of too slow and stodgy a tempo when the lesser tactus is used.