Monophonic
Single-line texture, or melody without accompaniment
Polyphonic
Two or more melodic lines combined into a multi-voiced texture
Homophonic
Texture with principal melody and accompanying harmony, (acoustic guitar and singer)
What did Pythagorus contribute to our understanding of musical sounds?
He discovered the mathematical ratios of musical intervals
Syllabic
Melodic style with one note to each syllable of text
Neumatic
Melodic style with two to four notes to each syllable
Melismatic
Melodic style with many notes to each syllable
Psalmodic
Melodic style with many syllables to each note
What are the five sung sections of the Ordinary of the Mass
1.)Kyrie
2.)Gloria
3.)Credo
4.)Sanctus
5.)Agnus Dei

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What are the five sung sections of the proper of the mass?
Introit
Gradual
Alleluia
Tract
Offertory
Communion

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The Officium (divine offices) or Canonical Hours are _______
Matins
Lauds
Prime
Terce
Sext
None
Vespers
Compline

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Who were the primary secular music writers in the Middle Ages in France & Germany?
France: Troubadours and Trouveres
Germany: Minnesingers
Parrallel Organum
Strict homophony with parallel 4ths, 5ths, and 8vas. It is “syllabic”, meaning there is only one note per syllable.
Free Organum
A style of note against note.

It is not melismatic between the two voices.

It is melismatic between the text and music of each individual voice.

The phrases end on a unison or 8va, and

The voices are independent within phrases.

Melismatic Organum
(twelfth century) During this phase the principal voice became known as the tenor voice.
it held the piece together by providing a stable platform above which the organal voice could weave smooth, melodic patterns.
meaured organum
refers to the two voices falling into a rhythmic mode — a 6/8 or 9/8 feel — singing more or less at the same rate for a passage.
Who were Leonin and Perotin and what time and/or school were they associated with?
Late Twelfth, early Thirteenth Century

Notre Dame de Paris

Who were Landini and Machaut and what time and/or school were they associated with?
14th Century
Court of Avignon
Dufay & Binchois
15th Century
The Court of Burgandy