This is an element of music. This is the arrangement of the relative lengths and shortness of notes.
RHYTHM
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It is an element of music. The way in which an overall piece of music is arranged into similar and contrasting sections.
STRUCTURE
5
The loudness or softness of the music.
DYNAMICS
5
The layers of the sound within a piece of music.
TEXTURE
5
This is the organization of the notes or musical line, It is a combination of pitch and rhythm. We might characterize melody by its ascending, descending, repetitive, wide or small range.
MELODY
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The quality of sound, what the voice or instrument sounds.
TONE COLOR / TIMBRE
5
It is the speed of the underlying beat.
TEMPO
5
Medieval period is also known as __________________.
DARK AGES / MIDDLE AGES
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TO WHERE DID THEY NAME MONOPHONIC PLAINCHANT?
POPE GREGORY I
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WHAT IS THE BEST EXAMPLE OF MONOPHONIC PLAINCHANT?
GREGORIAN CHANT
10
GIVE THE FIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF GREGORIAN CHANT
MONOPHONIC / FREE METER / MODAL / USUALLY BASED ON LATIN LITURGY / USE OF NEUME NOTATION
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A musical notation, a note or group of notes to be sung to a single syllable.
NEUME
15
WHAT ARE THE TWO TYPES OF MUSIC DURING THIS TIME?
SECULAR AND SACRED MUSIC
10
WHO PERFORMED SECULAR MUSIC?
TROUBADOURS
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WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF TROUBADOUR MUSIC?
usually monophonic / sometimes with improvised accompaniment / tells of chivalry and courtly love / originated in France / written in French language
20
WHO IS THE MOST FAMOUS COMPOSER DURING THIS PERIOD?