Authente (Échelle ~) (adj.)
term used for the first 4 church-modes in Mediaeval music; a melody is called authentic if its lowest note (not counting a leading tone) is the tonic; ➺ Plagal
➺ Plagale.
Montbel, Eric: Les musettes de Cour dites aussi «musettes baroques». In: Ricros (et al.): La cabrette… (2017), p.157 (mélodies authentes).
Ricros, André & Montbel, Eric: Hypothèses sur la naissance de la cabrette. In: Ricros (et al.): La cabrette… (2017), p.349.