High Renaissance style
alternating sections of imitative polyphony and homophony
Mandrigal
Troubadour
wandering minstrels who perform secular music
Parts of a mass
Organum
a polyphonic vocal piece in which each voice part 1) sings the same syllables at the same time, and 2) has different melodic lines
Paraphrase
when you take a melody and change the rhythm and perhaps add extra notes to make the melody more interesting or pretty.