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Hildegard de Bingen "Columba Aspexit"- A dove peered in


Pure monophonic acapella


Drone note in song


Latin


Sacred


Plain chant rhythm


All female (solo, choir, solo, choir)

Drone

Single or several notes that never change throughout the song.


Sacred

For the church

Secular

Outside of the curch

Plain chant music

A single monophonic chant without any rhythm, tempo, or meter.


Is the official music of the churches in the Middle Ages.

Middle Ages

500-1500s ( includes Renaissance)

Theme


Long melody


The idea or part of a departure of a musical composition


Motive

Smallest structural unit possessing thematic identity


The idea or part of a departure of a musical composition

Texture

The way the melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic materials are combined in a composition


Monophony

one sound/ melody

Polyphonic

multiple melodies happening at the same time


(row row row your boat)


Homophonic

Harmony— Same

Meter

the organization of a musical pulse into strong and weak beats in multiples of two or three.

Tempo

how fast or slow this pulse unfolds


Rhythm

the smallest element of time and music. The variable that constantly changes.

Consonance

A sound that sounds pleasing or at rest

Dissonance

A sound sounding displeasing or not at rest

Bernard de Ventadorm


“La Douse Votz”- The sweet voice



4-4 time


Secular music


Troubador


provencal


male tenor voice sang in verses


viol


flute


lute


Troubador

an educated poet

Minstrel

uneducated street performer

Syncopation

variety of rhythms that make a part of a tune off beat

Diatonic Scale

seven pitches forming an octave without altering major and minor scales.


Has 8 pitches

Chromatic Scale

Musical scale with twelve pitches

Troubador

educated court poet

Pitch

A single solitary sound. Not absolute

Frequency

The number of vibrations per sound

amplitude

Measuring how loud and soft a sound is


Interval

The distance between two pitches

Syncopation

Accenting the unaccented beat. Displacing the accented beat.

TOnality

A piece has a home pitc. Is in D major


Tone Color

The character or quality of sound as its passed through the different kinds of instruments. Lile playing the same piece with a Sax and a cello, but the sax sounds sexier.

Modulation

The changing of the home pitch

Divine Office

Canonical prayers recited in Roman churches by priests

Syllabic

one syllable, one note

MEllismatic

one syllable, many notes.

Allelulia- Diffusia est Gratia

Mellismatic


Sectionalised: monphonic in the first section, polyphonic in the second and monophonic in the third.


Cadence at the end of each section


Sacred


Male


Acapella


5 sections of the catholic mass

1. Kyria
2. Gloria
3. Credo
4. Sanctus
5. Agnus Dei

Josquin "Pagne Linguin" mass

* Men and women. Not upbeat but not morose either. Praising
* Acapella p
* Polyphonic
* Sacred
* Sectionalised 3 times
* Kyrie-fastest
* Christe- slowest
* Kyrie
* Recognize staggered entrances
* Pure Polyphony
* Some points of Homophony

Palestrina "Pope Marcellus" mass

* Qui Tollis
* Pure homophony in some parts of the song. Taking breaths at the same time.
* Polyphonic amen

Madrigal

one stanza poem set to music. Italian addition to the Renaissance

Declamation

- technical device by where by the composer attempts to match the rhythm of the spoken word to the rhythm to the sung word


Thomas Weelkes- "As Vesta was from Latmos Hill Descending"

Madrigal


SATB double choir

* two soprano sections
* two alto sections
* two tenor sections
* two bass sections

Song is in English


Acapella


lively


multiple voices singing at the same time.

Pavane

a slow solemn dance in duplimeter

galliard

a faster livelier court dance in triple meter

“Daphne"

* All string instruments
* Sounds elegant, like a court dance.
* Bougie dance scene in Titanic

jig

a drunken sailor's dance

Kemp’s Jig

* Drunken dance in Titanic
* Most prominent instrument is the Flute

Ars Nova

the style of musical composition of the late middle ages and especially of the 14th century

Ars Antiqua`

the style of composition characteristic of the 13th century, especially in France.

Strophic

Same music different verses

Cadence

an ending sound

Baroque Era

1600-1750

Viennere Classical

1750-1827

Romantic Era

20th and 21st century

Notre Dame Organum

the first example of polyphony. (cc. 900)

Pope Gregory I

found a way to notate stylized chants that had not previously been notated. (Gregorian chants)

Melody

the succession of single tones in musical compositions, as distinguished from harmony and rhythm.

Dynamics

normally refers to the volume of a sound or note, but can also refer to every aspect of the execution of a given piece, either stylistic (staccato, legato etc.) or functional (velocity).