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christian church oh man
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Music
Undergraduate 2
09/22/2009

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Term
psalm!
Definition
poem of praise
Term
cantilliation
Definition
chanting of sacred texts
Term
4 Chant dialects
Definition

Gregorian

Byzantine

Ambrosian

Old Roman

Term
rite
Definition
actions of a Christian tradition
Term
church calendar
Definition
schedule of days to commemorate special events
Term
liturgy
Definition
body of texts and ritual actions, assigned to each service
Term
plainchant/chant
Definition
unison song with prescribed texts
Term
echoi
Definition
served as a model for the eight modes
Term
Notation for chants?
Definition
needed to stabilize chant
Term
neume
Definition

earliest notation:

placed above words to

indicate melodic gesture

# of notes

Term
heighted/diastematic neumes
Definition
line-words above or below
Term
Boethius (280-524)
Definition
most revered authority on music of middle ages
Term
musica mundana
Definition

music of universe

#ical relationships governing mvt of:

 

-stars/planets/seasons

Term
music humana
Definition

music of human

#ical relationships governing mvt of:

 

body/soul

Term
musica instrumentalis
Definition

instrumental music

#ical relationships governing mvt of:

 

audible music by instruments + voices

Term
modes
Definition

arrangement of

whole/semitones around Final

w/Range relative to final.

position of tenor/reciting tone

Term
reciting tone
Definition

the second most important (under final) note

used for

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