mousike
greek word for music, associated with the 9 muses
aulos
ancient greek oboe, double pooped
orchestra
area in front of the stage where the singers sang (chorus)
tetrachord
a series of four tones in the GPS
conjunct/disjunct
when the two tetrachords share a note, they are conjunct, when they don’t they are disjunct
genus
another name for the tetrachord
diatonic genus
tetrachord unaltered
chromatic genus
tetrachord with a note altered by a half step
enharmonic genus
tetrachord with a note altered w/a quarter tone
proper of the mass
the parts of a catholic mass that change from mass to mass
ordinary of the mass
parts of a catholic mass that are the same from mass to mass
melismatic
one syllable ornamentation
neumatic
ornamentation on a syllable limited to 2-6 notes
syllabic
each syllable has its own note
responsorial
solo line followed by group response (vice versa)
antiphonal
groups singing (sometimes in stereo effect)
psalm tone
repetitive form monks would plug texts into (recitation formula)
intonation
lead up to reciting tone (one repeated note to fit the text)
mediant
slight variant in the middle of reciting tone
termination
cadence ending on the final
trope
addition of new music or new text to a chant
troubadour
entertainers of southern france
trouvere
entertainers of northern france
florid organum
sustained note in bottom and long melisma in top
discant
more neumatic, top voice three notes for each bottom voice note
rhythmic modes
1st rhythmic notation
substitute clausula
substitute sections of polyphony added to books at the end
motet
the added text to the long melismas in the discant so it has meaning
tenor
chant bearing voice
ars nova
innovative time signatures
mensurations
time signatures
isorhythms
repetition in the tenor part
talea
repetition in the rhythm
color
repetition in the melody
hocket
alternating measures of two voices
formes fixes
standard forms in ars nova
rondeau
ABaAabAB, has the distinguishing A in the middle
ballade
aabCaabCaabC three parts, more variety
virelai
AbbaAbbaA
ars subtilior
more subtle art, rhythmically complex (triple vs. duple meter)
trecento
1300’s