Question

John of Garland used this word for modes that begin and end with the same value. In Franconian notation, a little stroke following some breves is alternatively called a divisio modi or a sign of this property. This is the second English adjective in the name of the scale formed by stacking the Hypaton, Meson, Diezeugmenon (“dee-uh-zewg-MAY-non”) and Hyperbolaion (“hyper-boh-LYE-on”) tetrachords, called the Greater [this adjective] System. In mensural notation, this adjective applies to time signatures that are full circles, signifying a triple division of breves into semibreves. The consonances that [emphasize] lack this property are thirds and (10[5]-5[2])sixths. A (10[1])cadence that ends with (10[1])scale (10[1])degree one in the upper voice (10[1])over a V-I (“five-one”) progression is this (10[1])type (10[2])of (-5[1])authentic (10[4])cadence, or PAC for short. For (10[1])10 points, name (-5[1])this quality of fourth, (10[2])fifths, and (10[2])octaves that are (10[1])neither augmented nor diminished. (10[2])■END■

ANSWER: perfect [or perfection; or perfecto; or perfectum; accept Greater Perfect System; accept tempus perfectum; prompt on perfect authentic cadence by asking “Which specific property?”]
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2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y24100%0%17%114.79

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Teigue KellyPenn StateBritish Columbia95-5
Joy AnHarvardGeorgia Tech9510
Jeremy CummingsWUSTL AIllinois A9510
Nathan SheffieldMITJohns Hopkins9510
Richard NiuCornell AMinnesota9510
Rasheeq AzadNorth Carolina AToronto A9510
Charles YoungColumbia ARutgers95-5
Anthony LovegrenUCFColumbia B9710
Gus VanskikeMarylandMichigan10110
Vinu HariharUC Berkeley BFlorida10210
Conor ThompsonIowa StateToronto C10810
Crow HeNorth Carolina BVanderbilt11410
Joey SunToronto BChicago B11510
Joseph ChambersVirginiaWinona State11510
Eve FleisigUC Berkeley ANorthwestern116-5
Karan GurazadaTexasVirginia Tech11710
Colin VeeversOttawaWUSTL B11710
John MarvinChicago AWaterloo A11710
Alan XieYaleNYU11710
Michał GerasimiukStanfordIndiana12310
Andy HuffLSEArizona State126-5
Julian BushlowCornell BRIT13010
Simon ZimmermanOhio StateIllinois B13010
Jaik HavlickArizona StateLSE13210
James Ah YongWaterloo BGeorgia State13210
Aum MundheRutgersColumbia A13510
John ChenBritish ColumbiaPenn State13910
Chris SimsNorthwesternUC Berkeley A13910