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MEDIEVAL MUSIC

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  • This is an element of music. This is the arrangement of the relative lengths and shortness of notes.
    RHYTHM
  • WHAT IS SECULAR MUSIC?
    Secular music is any music not written for the church.
  • WHO PERFORMED SECULAR MUSIC?
    TROUBADOURS
  • The layers of the sound within a piece of music.
    TEXTURE
  • It is an element of music. The way in which an overall piece of music is arranged into similar and contrasting sections.
    STRUCTURE
  • WHO IS THE MOST FAMOUS COMPOSER DURING THIS PERIOD?
    ADAM DE LA HALLE
  • It is the speed of the underlying beat.
    TEMPO
  • WHAT IS A TROUVERE?
    The Trouveres were lyrical musicians in the medieval era who specialized in writing and singing vernacular poetry.
  • Medieval period is also known as __________________.
    DARK AGES / MIDDLE AGES
  • A musical notation, a note or group of notes to be sung to a single syllable.
    NEUME
  • GIVE THE FIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF GREGORIAN CHANT
    MONOPHONIC / FREE METER / MODAL / USUALLY BASED ON LATIN LITURGY / USE OF NEUME NOTATION
  • The quality of sound, what the voice or instrument sounds.
    TONE COLOR / TIMBRE
  • 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
  • WHAT IS THE BEST EXAMPLE OF MONOPHONIC PLAINCHANT?
    GREGORIAN CHANT
  • WHAT ARE THE TWO TYPES OF MUSIC DURING THIS TIME?
    SECULAR AND SACRED MUSIC
  • NAME ONE WORK OF ADAM DE LA HALLE
    Le Jeu de Robin et de Marion / Le Chanson Du Roi De Sicile
  • 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
  • The loudness or softness of the music.
    DYNAMICS
  • TO WHERE DID THEY NAME MONOPHONIC PLAINCHANT?
    POPE GREGORY I