(1) the third voice to be composed. In organum and the early motet, it may share the range of the duplum/motetus, but usually has a higher tessitura (being the top note at cadences, for instance). In the fourteenth century, however, the triplum is often a countermelody which is found above the primary cantus line at the top of th... Found on https://www.arlima.net/the-orb/encyclop/culture/music/orbgloss.htm