The _Perfect_ or _Parfit_. Twici says it began by "a moot and then _trourourout, trout, trout, trourourout, trourourout, trourourout, trout, trout, trourourourout_," "and then to commence by another moot again, and so you ought to blow three times. And to commence by a moot and to finish by a moot." This was only blown when the hounds were hunting the right line (_see_ Appendix: Parfet).
The _Prise_. Twici says, blow four moots for the taking of the deer. According to the "Master of Game," "the prise or coupling up" was to be blown by the chief personage of the hunt only, after the quarry. It was only blown when the deer had been slain by strength, or hunted, and not when shot or coursed. He was to blow four moots, wait a short interval (half an Ave Maria), and blow another four notes a little longer than the first four.
The _Menée_. Twici says the _Menée_ should only be blown for the hart, the boar, the wolf, and the male wolf, but he does not give us any analysis of this melody. In the "Master of Game" we are told that the _Menée_ was blown at the hall-door on the return of the huntsmen. The Master first blew four moots alone, then at the end of the four moots the others joined him in blowing, and they all continued keeping time together (_see_ Appendix: Menée).
The _Mort_ or _Death_ was another sound of the horn, but we have no description of the notes. Perhaps it is synonymous with the _Prise_.
The _Stroke_ must have been another grouping of short and long notes, but of this we have no record.
Hardouin de Fontaines Guerin wrote a poem on the chase chiefly concerning the different manners of blowing such as obtained in his native country the provinces of Anjou and Maine. The poem was illustrated with fourteen miniatures showing the notes to be blown on as many different occasions during stag-hunting.
The notes are written in little squares: [**white] denoting a long note; [**black] a short note; [**white][**white] a note of two long syllables; [**black][**black] a note of two short syllables; [**black][**white][**white] a note of one short and two long syllables; and [**black][**white][**white][**black][**black] a note of one short, two long, and two short syllables. Of these six notes combinations were made for all the signals to be blown.