sentences:  black notes) and quick syllabic declamation, often with syncopation.These Italian "patter-songs" had a burst of popularity in the 1540s, mainly in Venice and the surrounding cities, but Naich's compositions show that they were known and written in Rome as well.Naich's madrigals in this style usually begin with passages in longer note values, only gradually progressing into the quick "note nere" style.