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58 Cards in this Set
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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) |
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Drone |
Single or several notes that never change throughout the song.
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Sacred |
For the church |
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Secular |
Outside of the curch |
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Plain chant music |
A single monophonic chant without any rhythm, tempo, or meter. Is the official music of the churches in the Middle Ages. |
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Middle Ages |
500-1500s ( includes Renaissance) |
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Theme |
Long melody The idea or part of a departure of a musical composition
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Motive |
Smallest structural unit possessing thematic identity The idea or part of a departure of a musical composition |
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Texture |
The way the melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic materials are combined in a composition
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Monophony |
one sound/ melody |
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Polyphonic |
multiple melodies happening at the same time (row row row your boat)
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Homophonic |
Harmony— Same |
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Meter |
the organization of a musical pulse into strong and weak beats in multiples of two or three. |
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Tempo |
how fast or slow this pulse unfolds
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Rhythm |
the smallest element of time and music. The variable that constantly changes. |
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Consonance |
A sound that sounds pleasing or at rest |
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Dissonance |
A sound sounding displeasing or not at rest |
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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
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Troubador |
an educated poet |
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Minstrel |
uneducated street performer |
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Syncopation |
variety of rhythms that make a part of a tune off beat |
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Diatonic Scale |
seven pitches forming an octave without altering major and minor scales. Has 8 pitches |
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Chromatic Scale |
Musical scale with twelve pitches |
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Troubador |
educated court poet |
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Pitch |
A single solitary sound. Not absolute |
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Frequency |
The number of vibrations per sound |
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amplitude |
Measuring how loud and soft a sound is
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Interval |
The distance between two pitches |
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Syncopation |
Accenting the unaccented beat. Displacing the accented beat. |
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TOnality |
A piece has a home pitc. Is in D major
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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. |
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Modulation |
The changing of the home pitch |
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Divine Office |
Canonical prayers recited in Roman churches by priests |
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Syllabic |
one syllable, one note |
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MEllismatic |
one syllable, many notes. |
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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
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5 sections of the catholic mass |
1. Kyria
2. Gloria 3. Credo 4. Sanctus 5. Agnus Dei |
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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 |
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Palestrina "Pope Marcellus" mass |
* Qui Tollis
* Pure homophony in some parts of the song. Taking breaths at the same time. * Polyphonic amen |
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Madrigal |
one stanza poem set to music. Italian addition to the Renaissance |
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Declamation |
- technical device by where by the composer attempts to match the rhythm of the spoken word to the rhythm to the sung word |
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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. |
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Pavane |
a slow solemn dance in duplimeter |
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galliard |
a faster livelier court dance in triple meter |
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“Daphne" |
* All string instruments
* Sounds elegant, like a court dance. * Bougie dance scene in Titanic |
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jig |
a drunken sailor's dance |
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Kemp’s Jig |
* Drunken dance in Titanic |
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Ars Nova |
the style of musical composition of the late middle ages and especially of the 14th century |
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Ars Antiqua` |
the style of composition characteristic of the 13th century, especially in France. |
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Strophic |
Same music different verses |
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Cadence |
an ending sound |
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Baroque Era |
1600-1750 |
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Viennere Classical |
1750-1827 |
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Romantic Era |
20th and 21st century |
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Notre Dame Organum |
the first example of polyphony. (cc. 900) |
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Pope Gregory I |
found a way to notate stylized chants that had not previously been notated. (Gregorian chants) |
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Melody |
the succession of single tones in musical compositions, as distinguished from harmony and rhythm. |
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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). |