4: Music As Harmony Of Spheres

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harmony

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having to do with chords that shift song background

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texture

Back 2

blend of various sounds and melodic lines occuring at once in music

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drone

Back 3

harmonic, monophonic effect or accompliment where note/chord sounded continuously

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monophony

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musical texture where single melodic line is heard

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homophony

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texture with one melody of real interest, sustaining a heirarchy that everything else supports
1.melody+accompaniment
2.chordal

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polyphony

Back 6

musical texture where 2 or more melodic lines are heard independently and simultaneously
1.imitative polyphony
2.non-imitative polyphony

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counterpoint

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an added melody; writing 2 or more melodies that fit together (polyphonic music)

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melisma

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passages of pure vocalism with many notes to one syllable

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modes

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types of tonality (major and minor)

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timbre

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tone color, quality of voice or instrument

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*organum

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earliest type of polyphony, traditional plainchant melody where another melody has been added and sung at same time

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**neumes

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squiggly lines above text in medieval transcript