Ma Test 1-3

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homophonic

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Having or characterized by a single melodic line with accompaniment.

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Pitch

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The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.

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Phrase

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A single line of music played or sung. A musical sentence.

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Cadence

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Closing of a phrase or section of music

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Form

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The structure of a piece of music.

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Syllabic

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a form of verse based on the number of syllables in a line rather than on the arrangement of accents or quantities.

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Madrigal

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A polyphonic song using a vernacular text and written for four to six voices.

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Motet

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A polyphonic composition based on a sacred text and usually sung without accompaniment.

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Jongleur

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singer of folk songs

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Monophonic

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Having a single melodic line.

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Staff

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A set of horizontal lines and intermediate spaces used in notation to represent a sequence of pitches, in modern notation normally consisting of five lines and four spaces.

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Harmony

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adding to the debth and richness of a melody.

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Rhythm

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The patterned, recurring alternations of contrasting elements of sound.

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binary

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form based on contrast, usually AABB.

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Melismatic

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A passage of several notes sung to one syllable of text, as in Gregorian chant.

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interval

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The distance between two tones

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key

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The pitch of a voice or other sound.

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tempo

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The rate of speed at which a musical compostion is performed

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ternary

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Composed of three or arranged in threes.

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modes

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Any of certain fixed arrangements of the diatonic tones of an octave, as the major and minor scales of Western music.

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reformation

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16th-century movement in Western Europe that aimed at reforming some doctrines and practices of the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the establishment of the Protestant churches.

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troubadour

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One of a class of 12th-century and 13th-century lyric poets.

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polyphonic

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Music in which two or more melodies sound simultaneously.

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melody

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An arrangement of single tones in a meaningful sequence.

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tonic

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One of a class of poet-musicians flourishing in northern France in the 12th and 13th centuries, who composed chiefly narrative works, such as the chansons de geste, in langue d'oïl.

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dynamics

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Varying intensities of sound throughout a given musical composition. (Piano, Mezzo Piano, Forte, etc.)

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plainchant

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Any monophonic medieval liturgical music without strict meter and traditionally sung without accompaniment.

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mass

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Public celebration of the Eucharist in the Roman Catholic Church and some Protestant churches.

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counter-reformation

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A reformation intended to counter the consequences of a previous reformation.

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trouvere

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One of a class of poet-musicians flourishing in northern France in the 12th and 13th centuries, who composed chiefly narrative works, such as the chansons de geste, in langue d'oïl.