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the word for non-religous music

Secular

The Kyrie, Credo, Sanctus, Gloria and Angus Dei are WHICH part of the Mass

The Ordinary

A string of pitches

melody

This renaissance instrument is very similar to a guitar

Lute

What does the word renaissance mean?

REBIRTH

A madrigal is a (sacred/secular) song from the renaissance. It typically features word painting

secular

A motet is a (sacred/secular) song from the renaissance. It does not typically feature word painting

sacred

This philosophical concept is the idea that humans have the ability and the right to think for themselves using logic and reason.

Humanism

This word describes music with multiple melodies

Polyphonic

This word describes music with ONE melody.

Monophonic

Which group believed that Music was literally related to the physical world, and as such was just as important to human life as math and science?

The Ancient Greeks

Who decreed that the church should start codifying and writing down their music?

Pope Gregory (that's why it's called GREGORIAN chant)

Why is almost all early middle age music religious?

Because they are the only group that knew how to write it down and perserve it!

A funeral mass is called:

Requiem

What is the name for the Roman Catholic church service?

Mass

This style of music is MONOPHONIC church music sung in Latin during the middle ages.

Gregorian Chant

This word describes the regular pulse that can be found in most music.

BEAT

What is the smallest orchestral string instrument?

Violin

In music, what do you call putting features of the text directly into the notes of a song, for example, having one part sing ascending notes on the words "running up a hill"

Word Painting

The fall of the Roman Empire was one of the primary reasons for this historical period.....

Dark Ages/Middle Ages

What is the earliest civilization from which we have examples of written music?

Greek