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A Cappella- is the ideal sound
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Polyphony based on continuous imitation
Move of the Cantus Firmus to the uppermost voice
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| The Motet in the High Renaissance |
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-Non-Liturgical sacred latin text
-Marian Motets (Virgin Mary)
-Composed for three, four, or more voices
-Cantus Firmus could be used as principal melody
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-Renaissance sacred, polyphonic motet
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-attention to grammatical structure of the text
-combinations of voices and textures-top voice gets the cantus firmus
-quotation of chant at beginning, rest of work is newly composed
-imitative v homorhythmic
-final couplet; simple homorhythmic texture
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Renaissance Secular Music
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Popular Dance Types
Bassadanza
saltarello
pavave
galliad
allemande
ronde
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| smooth, gliding dance for couples in triple simple meter |
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| quicker Italian jumping dance |
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| Slow stately french court dance |
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| More vigorous french version of the salterrello |
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| German dance in moderate duple simple meter |
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| less courtly round dance, danced in a circle outdoors |
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Haut, Bas
Haut- High, loud for the outdoors
Bas- Low and soft, for the indoors
NEVER MIX
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Woodwind instruments
-recorders
-double-reed instruments (shawm)
-crumhorn
-schreirpfeife-screaming pipe
-Kortholts
_Dulcian Racket
Brass and lip vibrator
sackbut-trombone
cornett
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Bowed String instrumets
-viol (da gamba=between the legs)
Plucked string instruments
lute-used tableture
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