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| the most prominent musical line |
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| a line that is different but complimentary to the melody |
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| music that supports the melodic structure but does not stand on its own |
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| the effect of 2 or more notes being played simultaneously |
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| may refer to the accompaniment, to the background chords or to chords being produced by melodies played together |
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| a single unaccompanied melodic line (whether produced by one voice or many) |
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| a single melody with accompaniment ex: voices that are all moving in the exact same rhythm |
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| 2 or more melodies produced at the same time |
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| the highness or lowness of sound, pitch |
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| loudness or softness of sound, dynamics |
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| the tone color or quality of sound |
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| the length of time a particular note is played |
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| is the pattern of notes in a certain order |
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| a musical term that tells you how many sharps and flats are in the piece |
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| variation of the major scale |
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| the distance between 2 notes |
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| division into parts of equal time |
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| pattern of when notes occur |
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| the speed a piece in played |
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Prominent Greek philosopher, mathematician and music theorist |
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| Middle Ages: 3 types of music |
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“Musical Instrumentalis” musical sound
“Musica Humana” harmony of the human body
“Musica Universalis” music of the spheres, motion of planets and celestial bodies |
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entertained upper classes; poet/composers; flourished in southern France (“trouvéres” in the north) |
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Pope Gregory the Great wanted to standardize Christian worship
The singing style that evolved in this genre is called "Gregorian Chant" and it is melismatic: one syllable spread over several different notes |
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New system of notation allowing for rhythmic instructions
workplace of Leonin
first western polyphonic style called "organum"
use of rhythmic "modes" |
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is a secular polyphonic composition with at least part of the text in Latin |
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| is made up of "color" and "talea" |
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| composed by Phillppe de Vitry |
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wrote “Magnus Liber Prganum” (“great book of polyphonic music”) |
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