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19 Cards in this Set
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Keys in Music |
A group of pitches, or scale, that forms the basis of a musical composition. |
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Time Signature |
A notational convention in Western Musical Notation to specify how many beats are in each measure, and which note value is rquivalent to a beat. |
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Key Signature |
A set of sharp, flat, and natural symbols placed together on a staff. |
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Home Tone |
Last note of the song. |
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Key Tone |
1st note of the song |
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Mozarabic and Ambrosian Chant |
Loturgical plain chant of the Visigoth people. |
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Byzantine Chant |
Originally consisted of a song and hymns. |
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Gallican Chant |
Liturgical plain chant of the Gallican Rite |
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Gregorian Chant |
A form of monophonic unaccompanied Sacred Song of the Roman Catholics |
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Syria |
Developed antiphonal and responsorial singing. |
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Antiphonal Singing |
Alternate singing of choirs |
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Responsorial Singing |
A solo voice part followed by singing in unison by a choir. |
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A capella, monophonic, limited range, sung in Latin, neumatic notation, unmeterd, conjunct melody, modal |
Characteristics of Gregorian Chant |
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Syllabic |
One syllable to one note of the melody. |
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Neumatic |
One syllable to a few notes |
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Melismatic |
One syllable to many notes |
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Psalmodic |
Numerous syllables to one repeated note. |
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Requiem Mass |
Eucharist mass for the dead. |
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Missa pro defunctis |
Other name for requiem mass. |
