Music History Final

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Monophonic

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a single voice or line, without accompaniment of any kind

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Tetrachord

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any grouping of four pitches, in particular, the interlocking descending successions of notes in the ancient Greek musical system

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Plainchant

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monophonic music of the medieval Christian church

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Office

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series of eight services held daily in monastic communities from dawn through the middle of the night, consisting musically of the chanting of psalms and hymns.

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Mass

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the central service of the traditional Christian liturgy, a ritualistic celebration of Christ’s Last Supper with his disciples. the liturgy of the Mass consists of the Ordinary and the Proper.

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Final

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characteristic final note of a given mode

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Ambitus

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range of a given melody or mode

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Recitation Tone

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in plainchant, and particularly in psalm tones, a central pitch used repeatedly in immediate succession to declaim large quantities of text.

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Syllabic

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musical setting of one note per syllable of text.

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Neumatic

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musical setting of two or more notes per syllable of text. the term is primarily in connection with plainchant