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Who controlled every aspect of society, including music during the Middle ages?
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The Christian Church
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A plainchant consisting of simple recitation on a monotone, except for small variations at the beginning and ending of phrases
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Gregorian Recitation
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AKA Gregorian chant, this was the system for expressing the religious texts at church services.
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Plainchant
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A more melodic treatment of the plainchant, and at times may alternate b/w 2 parts.
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Antiphon
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A more elaborative kind of melody than the antiphon, usually utilizing larger vocal ranges.The melodies may be repeated possibly w/ variations
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Sequence
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A characteristic of plainchant that states plainchants have no clear established meter. The rhythm is free.
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Nonmetrical
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When plainchants are not under the guide of the modern major/minor scale system- they use a different arrangement of whole and half steps
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Medieval Modes
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The combination of 2 or more melodies played or sung at the same time
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Ployphony
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Earliest type of polyphony. Traditional plainchant melody to which someone has added another melody sung simultaneously to the same words.
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Organum
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A later medieval polyphony which differ from organum in many ways
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Motet
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Repeated several times in a chant rather than complete thoughts delivered in longer melodies
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Fragments
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Instrumental dances that are one line pieces in which the same or similar music phrases are repeated several times in varied forms
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Estampies
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What does Renaissance mean?
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Rebirth
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The Renaissance involved "The discovery of the __________ and ___________.
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World, Woman
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Composers strove for accurate declamation and made sure that words were sung to rhythms and melodies that approximated normal speech
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Declamation
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