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Music History Terms Test # 1
Music History
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Music
Undergraduate 4
09/20/2013

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Mese

Definition

Governing note. Functions of ind notes depend on the position of mese as it rotates through the octave. (the middle of the scale) Greek, whole scale is dependent on the Mese. 

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Tenor

Definition

Tenor means to hold, modal=chant=the repeated notes in the bulk of chant verses, organum=long drone, motet= harmonic part with no liturgical content=omnes 

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Tetrachord

Definition

             four notes spanning interval of a perfect 4th, two of them makes an octave, inner pitches subdivided three ways diatonic(2 whole and semi) , chromatic(Augmented,2 semitones and, and enharmonic(2 quarters and ditone) . 

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Hexachord 

Definition

make it into a scale, ut, re me, fa, so, la (ut-la), six note grouping, invented by Guido de Arezo 

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Divine Office

Definition

schedule of prayers , standard worship plan by St. Benedict. that articulates, 8 day of study and work, main= Matins, lauds, prime, terce, sext, none, vespers, compline 

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Liturgy

Definition

THE PRESCRIBED ORDER FOR THE CONDUCT OF WORSHIP 

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Roman Empire vs. Holy Roman Empire

Definition

        PAPAL POWER (POPE)/POLITICAL/MILITARY POWER 

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Troubadour

trouvere

minnesinger

Definition

sing about chivalry/COURTLY LOVE  

sing about courtly love

 sing about courtly love/RELIGIOUS

 

 

 

 

 

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Ethos

Definition

the belief that music can powerfully effect HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND CHARACTER 

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Trope (and don’t say simply “adding text or notes”)-

Definition

           MUSICAL GLOSSING/ADDING TEXT OR MUSIC TO ALREADY EXSISTING AND NOTATED MUSIC 

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Heighted neumes

Definition

           DIASTEMATIC” NEUMES, PLACING NEUMES AT DIFFERENT HEIGHTS TO INDICATE CHANGES IN PITCH IN PITCH OR OVERALL MELODIC GESTURES 

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Daseian notation

Definition

              TEXT PRINTED ON SPECIFIC LINES OF A STAFF BASED ON PITCHES TO BE SUNG/USED IN TEACHING ORGANUM PERFORMANCES

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Guidonian Hand

Definition

       EACH JOINT OF THE HAND REPRESENTS A PITCH IN THE GAMUT (G2) 

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Fin amour / courtly love

Definition

AN IDEAL LOVE-DENY SELF PLEASURE FOR LOVE/ CONTRASTS THE MASCULINE THEMES OF BATTLE/CHIVALRY, COMMON TOPIC IN TROUBADOURS/TROUVERES

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Rhythmic modes 

Definition

          CREATED TO COORDINATE POLYPHONIC PARTS/VOICES, SEPERATED INTO LONG (LONGA) & SHORT (BREVE) NOTES, ALTERNATION CREATES TROCHAIC (LB, LB,LB) & IAMBIC (BL, BL, BL) 6 MODES

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Hocket

Definition

         ALTERNATE B/T SINGING AND RESTING WITH 2 VOICES, LIGHTER AND RHYTHMICALLY SPARKLING TEXTURE 

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Isorhythm

Definition

   TECHNIQUE OF ORGANIZING A LINE OF POLYPHONIC MUSIC INTO REPETIONS A FIXED SERIES OF RHYTHMIC VALUES

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Ars subtilior

Definition

       SUBTLE ART”- EXTRAVAGANT OVERUSE OF THE TECHNIQUES OF  A PARTICULAR STYLE (MANNERISMS) 

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English discant / Faburden

Definition

ENGLISH POLY SINGING, 3 VOICES IN HOMORHYTHMIC TEXTURE, CANTUS FIRMUS- PRIMARY VOICE, COUNTER- RUNS BELOW CANTUS FIRMS AND FORMS INTERVALS 

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Cantus firmus

Definition

“FIXED SONG” ORIGINAL CHANT LINE THAT THE OTHER VOICES ARE CENTERED AROUND

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