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medieval music
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| secular | music that was not part of religious or Church matters - used instruments |
| sacred | Holy music sung in the Church - no instruments |
| plainchant | a single melodic line, sung in Latin, in the Church |
| monophonic | a single melodic line |
| Gregorian chant | Church songs named after Pope Gregory |
| Latin | the language of sacred Church music |
| neumes | musical notation of the Medieval period |
| melisma | one syllable sung over several notes |
| polyphony | two or more melodic lines of equal importance, played at the same time |
| modes | musical scales used in the Medieval and Renaissance periods |
| non-metric | music with no barlines or time signature e.g. chant |
| acapella | singing unaccompanied by instruments |
| parallel organum | two voices singing a 4th or 5th apart in parallel motion |
| principal | the voice that sings the original plainchant |
| organal | the second voice added to accompany plainchant singing |
| strophic form | a song structure that consists only of verses and no chorus; used in secular music |
| hurdy-gurdy | a chordophone with strings that vibrate by turning a wheel |
| chordophones | instruments that generate sound through the vibration of strings |
| aerophones | instruments that generate sound through the vibration of air |
| membranophones | instruments that generate sound through the vibration of a stretched skin |
| consort | different sizes of the same instrument |
| idiophones | instruments that generate sound through the vibration of their own body - rattle, hit, scrape |
| vielle | Medieval fiddle with 5 strings; chordophone |
| portative organ | a portable mini organ used in secular music; aerophone |
| duration | fast/slow tempo, short/long notes |
| pitch | highness/lowness of sound |
| texture | layers of sound |
| tone colour | quality of sound |
| structure | order of sections in a piece of music |
| piano | soft |
| mezzo piano | moderately soft |
| mezzo forte | moderately loud |
| forte | loud |
| dynamics | volume |
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