Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
19 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
Keys in Music |
A group of pitches, or scale, that forms the basis of a musical composition. |
|
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. |
|
Key Signature |
A set of sharp, flat, and natural symbols placed together on a staff. |
|
Home Tone |
Last note of the song. |
|
Key Tone |
1st note of the song |
|
Mozarabic and Ambrosian Chant |
Loturgical plain chant of the Visigoth people. |
|
Byzantine Chant |
Originally consisted of a song and hymns. |
|
Gallican Chant |
Liturgical plain chant of the Gallican Rite |
|
Gregorian Chant |
A form of monophonic unaccompanied Sacred Song of the Roman Catholics |
|
Syria |
Developed antiphonal and responsorial singing. |
|
Antiphonal Singing |
Alternate singing of choirs |
|
Responsorial Singing |
A solo voice part followed by singing in unison by a choir. |
|
A capella, monophonic, limited range, sung in Latin, neumatic notation, unmeterd, conjunct melody, modal |
Characteristics of Gregorian Chant |
|
Syllabic |
One syllable to one note of the melody. |
|
Neumatic |
One syllable to a few notes |
|
Melismatic |
One syllable to many notes |
|
Psalmodic |
Numerous syllables to one repeated note. |
|
Requiem Mass |
Eucharist mass for the dead. |
|
Missa pro defunctis |
Other name for requiem mass. |