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14 Cards in this Set
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jongleurs
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minstrels
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plainchant
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Gregorian chant (plainsong)
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medieval modes
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church modes (dorian, phrygian, etc.)
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reciting tone
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the pitch on which a chant is sung
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antiphon
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simplest genre of chants
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troubadours
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traveling musicians from France
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trouveres
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minstels from the north of France
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Minnesingers
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minstrels from Germany
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estampies
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unassuming one line pieces with repeated phrases
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organum
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the earliest type of polyphony
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motet
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sacred poems set to music with Gregorian chant
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melismas
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passages of pure vocalism with many notes for one syllable
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isorhythm
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writing lengthy passages in identical rhythms with different notes
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hocket
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like a musical hiccup
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