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MCC-MUL 2010-II
Deana's Semester Unit II Terms
Terms | Definitions | Properties |
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imitation | repitition of a phrase or melody | similar to "rounds" |
word painting | making music sound like what the words are saying | |
modes | scales based upon different patterns than major or minor scales | used in Gregorian chant |
rythmic modes | patterns based on triple meter | referred to by number- symbolic of "The Trinity" |
Gregorian chant | monophonic melody w/a free flowing, unmeasured, all male, latin, a capella vocal line | Roman Catholic worship music |
a capella | all vocals, no instruments | |
organum | act of adding a second voice to run above or below a slowed down Gregorian chant melody | earliest polyphonic music |
melismatic | a vocal style where many pitches are sung on one vowel | seen earliest in Gregorian chant, used more in organum |
mass proper | portion of "The Mass" which changed according to the season | proper-appropriate |
mass ordinary | portion of "The Mass" which stayed the same year round | ordinary-unchanged-usual |
SATB | soprano alto tenor bass | (blank) |