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  • True or False? Square notation was used in Gregorian chant.
    True
  • True or False? The first type of polyphonic composition was called parallel organum.
    True
  • True or False? In parallel organum, the vox organalis moves in parallel at a fixed distance (4th or 5th) from the vox principalis.
    False
  • True or False? The final note of a medieval mode could be Re, Mi, Fa, or Sol.
    True
  • Which of these describes medieval musical texture?
    Monophonic
    Polyphonic
    Both Monophonic and Polyphonic
    Homophonic
  • Which of these best describes melismatic organum?
    The second voice has the same rhythm as the first
    The second voice moves independently and has more notes per
    The second voice moves exactly with the first voice
    The second voice is lower in pitch than the first
  • What type of musical notation was used in Gregorian chant?
    Square notation
    Tablature
    Modern staff notation
    Round notation
  • What determined which medieval mode a piece was in?
    The first note of the piece
    The number of notes in the melody
    The time signature
    The final note of the piece
  • True or False? The melismatic organum differed from parallel organum because the vox organalis moved faster, adding more notes per syllable.
    True
  • What are the two most important notes in medieval modes?
    The sharp and the flat
    The final and the tenor
    The clef and the scale
    The tonic and the dominant
  • True or False? In medieval music, melodies were based on a system of 4 modes, not 7.
    False
  • True or False? In medieval times, musicians used 4 modes (Protus, Deuterus, Tritus, Tetrardus), not modern diatonic scales.
    False
  • True or False? The tenor note in a mode is the most repeated note and a fifth above the final.
    False
  • If a medieval melody ends on Fa (F), which mode is it in?
    Deuterus
    Tritus
    Protus
    Tetrardus
  • True or False? A motet consisted of three voices, each with different lyrics and rhythms.
    True
  • In parallel organum, how did the vox organalis relate to the vox principalis?
    It was a completely independent melody
    It moved in contrary motion to the vox principalis
    It always had a different rhythm
    It followed the vox principalis at a fixed interval of a 4th
  • True or False? The two clefs used in medieval notation were the C clef and F clef, not the G clef.
    False
  • What is a motet?
    A type of organum
    A type of medieval instrument
    A three-voice polyphonic composition with different lyrics a
    A monophonic Gregorian chant
  • What is the main characteristic of Gregorian chant?
    It has different lyrics for each voice
    It uses modern major and minor scales
    It is monophonic
    It is polyphonic
  • How many voices were in the earliest form of polyphony, parallel organum?
    Two
    One
    Four
    Three
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