Listening Guide and Listening Challenge material: Medieval - Renaissance
... MEDIEVAL ERA: Read pages 75 - 88 TERMS: Setting of words or poetic text to music is syllabic, melismatic and neumatic Syllabic: 1 syllable to one note (Neumatic: 1 syllable to a few notes) Melismatic (Melisma) 1 syllable to many notes Liturgy the set order (structure and content) of church services. ...
... MEDIEVAL ERA: Read pages 75 - 88 TERMS: Setting of words or poetic text to music is syllabic, melismatic and neumatic Syllabic: 1 syllable to one note (Neumatic: 1 syllable to a few notes) Melismatic (Melisma) 1 syllable to many notes Liturgy the set order (structure and content) of church services. ...
Stella Program Outline WEB - Eya: Ensemble for Medieval Music
... The remainder of the program is devoted to the music of Spain, England, and France, in which we have chosen a variety of styles that represent some of the various compositional forms during the medieval period which maintain our particular focus. First we turn to Spain, a vast intersection of cultur ...
... The remainder of the program is devoted to the music of Spain, England, and France, in which we have chosen a variety of styles that represent some of the various compositional forms during the medieval period which maintain our particular focus. First we turn to Spain, a vast intersection of cultur ...
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... movements of the bass are used to identify certain idiomatic transitions, which remain adjustable, depending on the writing in the dessus parts and also the manner of voice leading chosen for the realisation. As lessons are one-to-one the course content is adapted to each student’s needs. For the m ...
... movements of the bass are used to identify certain idiomatic transitions, which remain adjustable, depending on the writing in the dessus parts and also the manner of voice leading chosen for the realisation. As lessons are one-to-one the course content is adapted to each student’s needs. For the m ...
There are three basic musical textures: monophony, polyphony, and
... In the sections on melody and harmony, music was described as comprising horizontal (melody) and vertical (harmony) strands. Musical texture refers to how these strands relate to one another. There are three basic musical textures: monophony, polyphony, and homophony. ...
... In the sections on melody and harmony, music was described as comprising horizontal (melody) and vertical (harmony) strands. Musical texture refers to how these strands relate to one another. There are three basic musical textures: monophony, polyphony, and homophony. ...
Chapter 1 summary
... UPTs may be on the second half of any beat, and in eighth notes in unstressed locations. UPTs may be ascending or descending. 8. Accented passing tone: Occurs in quarter notes only on beats 2 and 4. In 4/2 meter, APTs only appeared in a descending direction. 9. Lower neighboring tone: Occurs in quar ...
... UPTs may be on the second half of any beat, and in eighth notes in unstressed locations. UPTs may be ascending or descending. 8. Accented passing tone: Occurs in quarter notes only on beats 2 and 4. In 4/2 meter, APTs only appeared in a descending direction. 9. Lower neighboring tone: Occurs in quar ...
What is music? most basically, music is “organized” sound. Any
... feel movement towards a goal; there can be a feeling of resolution, where cadences form points of relative rest within a piece. Some people describe harmony as giving depth to a composition - like perspective to a drawing. • Form: the organization of sections within a piece. Most of the times there ...
... feel movement towards a goal; there can be a feeling of resolution, where cadences form points of relative rest within a piece. Some people describe harmony as giving depth to a composition - like perspective to a drawing. • Form: the organization of sections within a piece. Most of the times there ...
Historical periods, musical styles, and principal genres in western
... aesthetic: freedom from boundaries, including those that separate the arts: music becomes more programmatic, merging with literature, art, and philosophy; programmatic elements reflect this trend; interest in the subjective, including the emotions and the supernatural, in contrast with the more obje ...
... aesthetic: freedom from boundaries, including those that separate the arts: music becomes more programmatic, merging with literature, art, and philosophy; programmatic elements reflect this trend; interest in the subjective, including the emotions and the supernatural, in contrast with the more obje ...
Tonal Harmony Chapter 5 Pinciples of Voice Leading
... No more than an octave between soprano and alto No more than an octave between alto and tenor It is acceptable to have more than an octave between tenor and bass Observe the range of each voicing (refer to Example 5-12) Parallel Motion Five possible relationships between any two voices or ...
... No more than an octave between soprano and alto No more than an octave between alto and tenor It is acceptable to have more than an octave between tenor and bass Observe the range of each voicing (refer to Example 5-12) Parallel Motion Five possible relationships between any two voices or ...
2. Middle Ages
... [Marguerite de Turenne] who was beautiful and gay, and young and noble, and she was pleased with Bernard and his songs, and she fell in love with him, and he with her, so that he made his poems and songs about her, the love that he had for her and her noblesse. Their love lasted for a long time. And ...
... [Marguerite de Turenne] who was beautiful and gay, and young and noble, and she was pleased with Bernard and his songs, and she fell in love with him, and he with her, so that he made his poems and songs about her, the love that he had for her and her noblesse. Their love lasted for a long time. And ...
Musicianship notes - University High School 2014
... Harmonic Minor = WHWWH‘A2’H Accidentals (sharps, flats, naturals) # sharp- raises pitch one half step x double sharp- raises pitch two half steps, or one full step b flat- lowers pitch one half step bb double flat- lowers pitch two half steps, or one full step natural- cancels out all sharps and fla ...
... Harmonic Minor = WHWWH‘A2’H Accidentals (sharps, flats, naturals) # sharp- raises pitch one half step x double sharp- raises pitch two half steps, or one full step b flat- lowers pitch one half step bb double flat- lowers pitch two half steps, or one full step natural- cancels out all sharps and fla ...
Modern Notation for Plainchant
... A dot immediately after a note increases its duration by half, so a dotted half note is equal to three quarter notes. Notes can also be “tied” together to make up a single longer note. And eighth notes can be “barred” together to show how they are grouped together, even if sung separately. ...
... A dot immediately after a note increases its duration by half, so a dotted half note is equal to three quarter notes. Notes can also be “tied” together to make up a single longer note. And eighth notes can be “barred” together to show how they are grouped together, even if sung separately. ...
Compositional trajectories [Medieval music]
... understand - eventually dominated the standard explanation of mode in the later Middle Ages. The pseudo-Greek modal descriptions also absorbed empirical features such as reciting tones, and theorists attempted to make accommodation for problem children such as melodies of extremely wide range and th ...
... understand - eventually dominated the standard explanation of mode in the later Middle Ages. The pseudo-Greek modal descriptions also absorbed empirical features such as reciting tones, and theorists attempted to make accommodation for problem children such as melodies of extremely wide range and th ...
Gregorian Chant
... Favored the Roman Rite over local traditions o Popes imported chant taken from Germany during the 10 th and 11th centuries Gregorian chant was taken to be the original chant of Rome, although it was not But by the 12th and 13th centuries Gregorian chant overshadowed all other forms of chant ...
... Favored the Roman Rite over local traditions o Popes imported chant taken from Germany during the 10 th and 11th centuries Gregorian chant was taken to be the original chant of Rome, although it was not But by the 12th and 13th centuries Gregorian chant overshadowed all other forms of chant ...
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... composition. The musical compositions originally were dance-songs, performed with instrumental accompaniment. Adam de la Halle was the first composer of polyphonic rondeaux. The early form, found-for example-in the polyphonic rondeaux of Adam de la Halle and Guillaume de Machaut, was an eight-line p ...
... composition. The musical compositions originally were dance-songs, performed with instrumental accompaniment. Adam de la Halle was the first composer of polyphonic rondeaux. The early form, found-for example-in the polyphonic rondeaux of Adam de la Halle and Guillaume de Machaut, was an eight-line p ...
CHAPTER 4
... Greek tonoi. They were arranged in pairs with an authentic and plagal (“derived from”) form belonging to each pair. The range and the final note determined the mode of a chant melody. ...
... Greek tonoi. They were arranged in pairs with an authentic and plagal (“derived from”) form belonging to each pair. The range and the final note determined the mode of a chant melody. ...
Gregorian chant - Dr. Michael P. Flynn
... F.ex. Gregory I (590-604), and Gregory II (around 715) ...
... F.ex. Gregory I (590-604), and Gregory II (around 715) ...
Document
... RHYTHM IN A COMPOSITION INCLUDES 1. THE NATURE OF RHYTHMIC ACTIVITY – PATTERNED OR UNPATTERNED, REGULAR OR IRREGULAR, SIMPLE OR COMPLEX, REPETITIVE OR NON-REPETITIVE, SUSTAINED OR SPORADIC 2. TEMPO OR TEMPOS CHANGES – CONSISTANT OR INCONSISTENT, FAST OR SLOW, MANY OR FEW CHANGES 3. DENSITY OF RHYTHM ...
... RHYTHM IN A COMPOSITION INCLUDES 1. THE NATURE OF RHYTHMIC ACTIVITY – PATTERNED OR UNPATTERNED, REGULAR OR IRREGULAR, SIMPLE OR COMPLEX, REPETITIVE OR NON-REPETITIVE, SUSTAINED OR SPORADIC 2. TEMPO OR TEMPOS CHANGES – CONSISTANT OR INCONSISTENT, FAST OR SLOW, MANY OR FEW CHANGES 3. DENSITY OF RHYTHM ...
Poster B03
... The repertory of polyphonic music of the 12th and early 13th centuries associated with Notre-Dame de Paris is the central corpus of high medieval polyphony linked with the composers Leonin and Perotin. Being multiple-text manuscripts containing organa, conducti as well as some clausulae and motets, ...
... The repertory of polyphonic music of the 12th and early 13th centuries associated with Notre-Dame de Paris is the central corpus of high medieval polyphony linked with the composers Leonin and Perotin. Being multiple-text manuscripts containing organa, conducti as well as some clausulae and motets, ...
Le contenance anglois
... Overwhelmingly consonant: called panconsonance ”consonance everywhere” Very little dissonance Each voice is given the same weight No longer like medieval chant Homorhythmic texture Aka homophonic There is a bit in the music that is not homophonic, called animated homophony Overall te ...
... Overwhelmingly consonant: called panconsonance ”consonance everywhere” Very little dissonance Each voice is given the same weight No longer like medieval chant Homorhythmic texture Aka homophonic There is a bit in the music that is not homophonic, called animated homophony Overall te ...
7 The Future of Chan..
... implications not found only in diatonic keys but in the various modes as well. It would be a more all-inclusive approach to ear training. There is nothing more important then a well developed ear in brass instrument mastery, in all musical performance actually. Along these same lines, in order to l ...
... implications not found only in diatonic keys but in the various modes as well. It would be a more all-inclusive approach to ear training. There is nothing more important then a well developed ear in brass instrument mastery, in all musical performance actually. Along these same lines, in order to l ...
Medieval Period
... • This style of music can be characterized as adding hollow sounding harmonies(perfect 4ths & 5ths) to existing chants. • This type of music is called organum. • Originally, one voice would be added above the existing chant. The chant would be sung very slowly - it was called the cantus firmus. ...
... • This style of music can be characterized as adding hollow sounding harmonies(perfect 4ths & 5ths) to existing chants. • This type of music is called organum. • Originally, one voice would be added above the existing chant. The chant would be sung very slowly - it was called the cantus firmus. ...
2 Chants Ancient Roo.. - Paul Ayick Vintage Brass
... between divisions of a vibrating string and sound intervals define the very musical divisions we use to this day. “These were discovered by means of the monochord. The monochord, as the name implies, is a one-stringed instrument. By stopping the string at one point, plucking it, then stopping it at ...
... between divisions of a vibrating string and sound intervals define the very musical divisions we use to this day. “These were discovered by means of the monochord. The monochord, as the name implies, is a one-stringed instrument. By stopping the string at one point, plucking it, then stopping it at ...
Answer Key
... 1) smooth, controlled melodic lines, primarily moving in stepwise motion with few leaps -melodic lines flow smoothly and do not use strongly marked rhythms 2) careful control of dissonance; Palestrina avoided writing the kinds of strong dissonances that the madrigal composers liked to use 3) varied ...
... 1) smooth, controlled melodic lines, primarily moving in stepwise motion with few leaps -melodic lines flow smoothly and do not use strongly marked rhythms 2) careful control of dissonance; Palestrina avoided writing the kinds of strong dissonances that the madrigal composers liked to use 3) varied ...
Course Description - W. David
... a voice in parallel motion, singing in mostly perfect fourths or fifths with the original tune. This development is called organum, and represents the beginnings of harmony and, ultimately, counterpoint. Over the next several centuries organum developed in several ways. The most significant was th ...
... a voice in parallel motion, singing in mostly perfect fourths or fifths with the original tune. This development is called organum, and represents the beginnings of harmony and, ultimately, counterpoint. Over the next several centuries organum developed in several ways. The most significant was th ...
MUSC 101 – Introduction to Music Study Guide
... Dissonance - An unstable combination of tones that demands a forward motion to a stable consonance. The motion of a dissonance to a consonance is called a resolution. Triad - The most basic chord, consisting of three alternate tones of a scale (i.e. the 1st, 3rd, and 5th; do-mi-sol) Arpeggio - A bro ...
... Dissonance - An unstable combination of tones that demands a forward motion to a stable consonance. The motion of a dissonance to a consonance is called a resolution. Triad - The most basic chord, consisting of three alternate tones of a scale (i.e. the 1st, 3rd, and 5th; do-mi-sol) Arpeggio - A bro ...