 Musically, it starts at the upper octave, flows downwards, and establishes a centre on d.

All of Raoul's melodies, including "Quant li rossignols", were recorded in bar form, save two readings "Si sui du tout a fine Amour" (possibly later revisions).None are recorded in mensural notation.Most of the melodies are in the D modes (authentic and plagal), but three are in the authentic G mode.