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| A point on the string that does not vibrate. |
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| instrumental music free of any explicit connection with nonmusical images |
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| instrumental music that attempts to depict nonmusical ideas, images, or events |
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| melodic motion that is primarily stepwise |
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| melodic motion that is primarily through leaps, it leads to excitement |
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| repetition of a short melodic figure on a higher or lower pitch, it must come in the same instrument or voice and follow immediately after the first statement |
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| repetition of a melodic figure in a different instrument or voice |
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| the relationship among the various parts of a piece occuring simultaneously |
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| a single line of music with no harmony |
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| a melody line with an accompaniment. the accompaniment generally moves faster or slower, it must be clear that the melody is dominant |
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| if the melody and accompaniment move at the same speed a series of chords result |
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| several melodies are played or sung at once |
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| two or more independent, different melodies are played at once |
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| the same melodic line appears in different instruments, but at different times |
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| development of musical style bound up with the church |
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| multiple notes per syllable |
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text’ ABA
music:3-fold repetition within each section
word repetition,musical repetition, melismas |
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Given to church as tithe
she composes new chants, ecstatic musical style
disjunct melodic motion
many melismas
inexact repition |
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from french word “mot”
the tenor holds the melody, however it is not a newly composed melody,
simple rhythm, with no text
the upper parts have more complex rhythms, they have text:different in each part.
Only occurs in triple mete, most commonly uses 4ths and 5ths |
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| A previously composed melody used as the basis for a new piece |
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Was referred to as “Ars Nova”–New Art
Major Changes:
first time duple meter notated
isorythm used in tenor |
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| is a musical technique that arranges a fixed pattern of pitches with a repeating rhythmic pattern. |
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| alternation of note and rest |
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| mostly syllabic, the end Amen is melismatic |
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pre 9th century
monophonic;no rhythmic notation; limited range |
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12th century
composers continued to add to the monophonic repertoire
Hildegard Von Bingen 1098-1179 |
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| Secular Songs (non religious) |
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early 15th century
use of 3rds and 6ths-makes music sound sweeter and more modern |
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Lived in northern france Bungundy
lived in italy for awhile
wrote in french, latin and italian |
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italian text by Petrarch, composed by Dufay
sonnet:7 and 11 syllable lines
through composed |
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1450-1600
simplicity:beauty derived from nature, emphasis on human endeavor
music’s purpose to move the passions, it emphasizes text with sweet harmonies |
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musical setting of a secular french poem
the chanson rhythm is “long-short-short-long” |
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Ottaviano Petrucci
first print of polyphonic music in 1501 |
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very fast dance in compound duple
jumpy, very athletic |
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| slow, in simple duple, uses chanson rhythm |
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