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