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| Usually air which transmitts vibration to our ears. |
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| Vibrations which are transmitted, usually through air, to the eardrum, which sends impulses to the brain. |
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| Or signals that are transmitted to the brain |
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| Relative highness or lowness of a sound |
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| Sound that has a definite pitch, or frequency |
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| rate of vibration that produces a particular pitch |
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| "Distance" in pitch between any two tones |
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| Intreval between two tones in which the higher tone has twice the frequency of the lower tone |
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| the notes played to make a scale. Ex. Do-Re-Me... |
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| Distance between the lowest/Highest tones that a voice/instrument can produce |
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| Degree of loudness or softness |
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| Quality of sound that distinguishes one instrument or voice from another |
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| Bright, Dark, Brillant, Mellow, Rich |
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| Indicate how loud or soft the music should be played |
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| THe central tone of the melody |
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| Made up of the basic pitches of a piece of music arranged on order from low to high or from high to low |
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| Term for key; refers to presence of a central note, scale;and chord |
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| Consists of 7 different tones and an 8th tone that duplicates the first an octave higher; but it differs from the major scale in its pattern of intreval |
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| An 8 note scale inwhich the 8th doubles the 1st, made up of half and whole steps |
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| Composer uses KS, consisting of sharp or flat signs immediately following the clef sign at the beginning of the staff |
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| The 12 tones of an octave. All white and black keys in one octave on the piano |
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| Shifting from one key to another with in the same piece |
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| Simultaneous performed of 2 or more melodic lines of relatively equal interest produces the texture, polyphonic; having many sounds |
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| Combining several melodic lines into a meaningful whole is called, Counterpoint - one main melody accompanied by chords |
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| Loherngrin, PRelude to Act 3 |
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| The Young Person's Guide To the Ochestra |
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:Vidimus Stellam-Starts with one man singing to multiple (Church) Fades out
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"Alleluia;Nativitas" Men Chanting goes up and down ahhhHHHHhhhh
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| Ecco La primavera Blind, Italian composer;starts with drums and Sacbut-Singing-Romance |
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"O-Successores" women chanting
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Medieval Dance/starts with soft flute, wind instruments 1 2 beat
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"Agnus Dei" From the Notre Dame Mass ppl Singing
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"Ave Maria" Pleasane men singing low- Women singing above the men
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"Kyrie" From Pope Marecellus Mass- Chant,6 voices, No strong accents, Starts with crescendo and ppl singing
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"As Vesta Was Descending" How the queen is better than GODDESSES men and women singing
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| "Now is the Month of Maying" Man singing month of may haha |
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"passamezzo" 1 2 1 2 A lot of instruments Drumbeat to horns Crescendo
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"Gilliard" Triple Meter Blah ending; 5 instruments-most important to distinguish from his other work
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| Years of the Middle Ages or the Medieval period |
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| THe music of the medieval church. It is characterized by monophonic lines, church mode modality, irregular rhythm with no strong accents, and Latin text. Sung by males |
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| 1098-1179 She was an abbess in a convent in Germany. She was a poet and a composer. Studied medicine. She was also a mystic, who had visions of which we have paintings |
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| Pope from 590-604 HE reorganized the liturgy assigning a particular chant to each part of the service |
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| A style of architecture during the Middle ages characterized by thick walls, rounded arches, and few windows |
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| Style of architecture during the late Middle ages and is characterized by pointed arches, many windows, and tall spires |
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| It consists of one or more long, sustained tones accompanying a melody |
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| Canonical hours or Divine Offices |
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| They were services held every 3 hours in the monasteries and convents |
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| French Noblemen who composed secular songs in French during the 12th adn 13th centuries |
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| Medieval dance. A manuscript for one survives and is in triple meter with a strong, fast beat. |
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| Earliest kind of polyphony and consists of two lines. Early examples show the line added to the Gregorian chant moving in parallel motion to it. |
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| Composers from the school of Notre Dame, a school that excelled in early pholyphony |
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| Born in Champagne about 1300. Priest but he spent his life as a court official for various royal familes. one of the most important composers of his day(excelling in both sacred and secular music) |
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| It is part of the Mass which remains the same whatever the service. 5 parts |
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| Cantus Firmus/Firm melody |
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| Term for the Gregorian chant when it is used as the basis for a polyphonic work. |
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| Term that refers to the Renaissance movement which focused on human life and its accomplishments. Its supporters were christians |
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| A german who lived from 1483-1546 he criticized the Church of his day adn was responsible for the Reformation |
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| It refers to places in the score where the music does what the words say. Ex. if it talks of running, the music goes quickly |
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| IT was the favorite string instrument for solos and for accompanying songs in the renaissance |
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| It refers to voices with out accompaniment |
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| He was an early Renaissance composer (1440-1521) who is credited with solidifying the style which is characteristic of renaissance vocal music. |
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| LIving from 1525-1594, He was an italian composer associated with the Counter-reformation |
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| It is the secular vocal music from renaissance Italy. It is a piece for several solo voices set to a short poem, usually about love |
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| He was a French renaissance composer who wrote chanson with imitation of real life sounds |
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| He was a renaissance madrigal composer known for ayres and ballett-style madrigals |
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| It was a style of English Madrigal that has verses and Fa-la-la refrain |
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| HE was an English Madrigal composer, who contributed to "the triumphs of Oriana |
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| It is an anthology of English madrigals written to honor Queen Elizabeth 1 |
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| They were dances in the Renaissance and were often written to be performed as a pair bc of their contrasting nature. the first is stately and in duple meter and the second is lively and in triple meter |
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| IT is a whistle flute popular in the Renaissance |
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| They are bowed strings popular in the Renaissance |
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| HE was a french Violinist and composer who lived from 1576-1611 |
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| He was a renaissance composer, possibly from ireland who wrote ayres and solos for the lute |
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| Begun by Martin Luther it was a movement that fostered the rise of protestant churches |
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| It is and English secular song from the Renaissance for solo voice and lute. |
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| They are medieval secular songs in Latin. They were written by traveling students and cleric and tell fo wine, women, and satire |
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| It is a German secular song from the MIddle ages |
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| IT is a middle ages brass instrument, the forerunner of the trombone |
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| It means many notes to a single syllable |
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| It means one note per syllable |
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| They are the 414 spanish secular songs of the Middle ages attributed to alfonso 1 |
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| He was a Middle Ages Italian Secular Music Composer |
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| Literally, it mean "rebirth". IT refers to the 15th and 16th centuries and is characterized by a renewed interest in all things classical |
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| Was the effort by the catholic church to remove abuses in reaction to the loss of members to protestant sects |
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