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63 Cards in this Set

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Harpischord

Plucked with quills

Celesta

Bells struck with hammer

In Paradisium


(Time period, Composer)

Time Period- Middle Ages (Dark Ages)


Composer- Anonymous

Columba aspexit


(Time period, Composer)

Time Period-Middle Ages (Dark Ages)


Composer- Hildigard of Bingen

La douse votz


(Time period, Composer)

Time Period-Middle Ages (Dark Ages)


Composer- Bernart De Ventadorn

Ave Maris Stella


(Time period, Composer)

Time Period-Renaissance


Composer- Gillaume Dufay

Pange Lingua Kyrie and Gloria


(Time period, Composer)

Time Period-Renaissance


Composer-Josquin Desprez

Mille Regrets


(Time period, Composer)

Time Period-Renaissance


Composer- Josquin Desprez

Pope Marcellus Mass- Gloria


(Time period, Composer)

Time Period-Renaissance


Composer- Giovanni Palestina

As Vesta Was Descending


(Time period, Composer)

Time Period-Renaissance


Composer- Thomas Weelkes

Daphne


(Time period, Composer)

Time Period-Renaissance


Composer- Anonymous

Kemp's Jig


(Time period, Composer)

Time Period-Renaissance


Composer- Anonymous

Music

The art of sound in time

Rhythm

Flow of music through time, duration of sounds or lack there of

Meter

Grouping of beats called measures




Types


-Duple


-Triple


-Quadruple

Tempo

Speed of the beat, associated with emotional effects

Pitch

Frequency, the number of vibrations per second

Tamber (Tone Color)

-Quality of sound


-Makes one instrument sound different from another

Scales

Pattern of half & whole steps covering an octave


-Diatonic


-Chromatic

Melody

A series of notes that add up to a recognizable whole

Harmony

Two or more notes at a time, a chord


-Consonance (notes that fit together)


-Dissonance (notes that don't fit together)



Triad

Simplest form of chord, made up of 3 notes

Interval

Distance between notes

Tonic

Triad built on the first note of a scale


-Typically starts and ends a piece

Dominant

Triad built on the 5th note of a scale


-frequently resolves to a tonic

Arpegios

Broken chords (a chord played one note at a time instead of all at once)

Mode

Consists of either major or minor

Modulation

Switching keys in the middle of a piece

Monophony

A single line melody

Homophony

Melody and harmony moving together



Polyphony

More than 1 independent melody

Form

Construction of a piece of music


(A, B, A', B')

Binary Form (Example)

A B


aa bb

Ternary Form (Example)

A B A'

Middle Ages (Dark Ages)(Years)

450-1450

Gregorian Chant

-Official music of the Roman Catholic church in the Middle Ages (Dark Ages)


-Named for Pope Gregory I


-Monophonic melody with Latin text


-Flexible Rhythm with no sense of pulse


-Notated with Neumes

Syllabic Singing Style

One note for each syllable

Melismatic Singing Style

Multiple notes per syllable

Church Modes (Medieval Modes)

-Old scales (Different patterns of whole and half steps)


-Other worldly sound

Hildigard of Bingen

-Wrote Columba Aspexit


-Abbess (Leader of an abbey)


-First known female composer


-Wrote books on botany and medicine

Bernart De Ventadorn

Wrote "La Dousa Votz" (The sweet voice)

Estampie

Very fast triple meter music written to accompany a dancer

Renaissance (Years)

1450-1600


Music began to have harmonies instead of just melodies.

Declamation

Vocal rhythms matching spoken rhythms

Gillaume Dufay

-Wrote "Ave Maris Stella"


-French


-Wrote sacred and secular compositions

Catholic Masses 5 parts

Kyrie (Prayer)


Gloria (Hymn)


Credo (Beliefs)


Sanctus (Hymn)


Agnus Dei (Prayer)

Josquin Desprez

-Wrote Pange Lingua Mass


-Wrote "Mille Regrets"


-French


-Composed sacred and secular music

Giovanni Palestrina

-Wrote Pope Marcellus Mass


-Italian


-Composed mostly sacred music


-Used declamation for clear text presentation


-Mostly homophonic music

Madrigal (Genre)

-Usually written in English


-Secular


-Declamation


-Word Painting


-Imitative Polyphony


-Between 2 and 8 voices each with a seperate part

Thomas Weelkes

-Wrote "As Vesta was [from Latmos Hill] Descending


-English


-Started the collection of madrigals "The Triumphs of Oriana"

Pavans and Galliards

Paired dance


-Pavan (Duple Meter)


-Galliard (Triple Meter)

Piano p (Dynamic Marking)

Quiet

Pianissimo pp (Dynamic Marking)

Very Quiet

Mezzo Piano mp (Dynamic Marking)

Slightly quiet

Mezzo Forte mf (Dynamic Marking)

Slightly Loud

Forte f (Dynamic Marking)

Loud

Fortissimo ff (Dynamic Marking)

Very Loud

Adagio (Tempo Indication)

Slow

Andante (Tempo Indication)

On the slow side but not too slow

Moderato (Tempo Indication)

Moderate

Allegretto (Tempo Indication)

On the fast side but not too fast

Allegro (Tempo Indication)

Fast

Presto (Tempo Indication)

Very Fast