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Exam 1 Flashcards

1
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Boethius characterized music the human body and soul as

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Musica Humana

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2
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In Ancient Greece only the elite high society would participate in Music Competitions

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False

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3
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The Treatise by Martinus Capella puts music in the Quadrivium with Math and Science

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True

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4
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The instrument that is linked to Apollo, God of Light, Learning and the Arts

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Lyre

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5
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Greek Philosopher that believed that music should be part of music education due to the power of Ethos

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Aristotle

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6
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The first known composer was a female

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True

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7
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The Greek Double Reed Instrument linked to Dionysus, God of fertility and wine (and that makes the performer look like a Walrus)

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Aulos

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8
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What is the Roman Name of the Greek Aulos

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Tibia

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9
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Choose the 4-5th Century Church Father that FEARED the Power of Music had over him

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St. Augustine

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10
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The belief that music could alter a person’s behavior is called

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Ethos

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11
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Pythagoras is the Greek Mathematician Responsible for noting the numeral Relationships on Intervals

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True

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12
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The Greek Philosopher that believed that too much music makes one weak and irritable

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Plato

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13
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The Harmony of the Spheres is the belief that the Planets in the Solar System create unheard music in their Rotations

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True

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14
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The Bull Lyre is used for SECULAR Activities

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False

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15
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Which Type of Chant includes Iconographic Images of a Pope being Visited by a Dove (God) and Transcribing the Music

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Gregorian Chant

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16
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Diastemic

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intervallic

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17
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Tetrachord

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diatonic, chromatic, enharmonic

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18
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Ancient Rome Instruments

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Tibia, Tiba, Cornu and Buccina

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19
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What are the four types of chant?

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Byzantine, Ambrosian (Milan), Gregorian, Old Roman

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20
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What are neumes?

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Early note heads

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21
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Tenor means?

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to hold

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22
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Motet

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word; 13th century

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23
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Polyphony was a part of the

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12-13th century

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24
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Cantus Firmus

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pre-existing melody

25
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What country is the birth of Polyphony?

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France

26
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When is the first time we see Time Signature?

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14th Century

27
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Harmony of the spheres

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the unheard music created by the planets and heavenly bodies, from Plato- Modern Astronomy

28
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Conjunct

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the tetrachords share a note

29
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Disjunct

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the tetrachords are separated by a whole tone

30
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Mese

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the middle note

31
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Proslanbanemenos

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extra note at the bottom

32
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Synagogues

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center for reading and homilies

33
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Sacrifice

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Ritual sacrifice of an animal (lamb) accompanied by psalms, such by priests

34
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Psalms

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sung poems of praise from the Hebrew Book of Psalms

35
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Cantillation

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melodic formulas for sacred text

36
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Insturments

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trumpets and cymbals

37
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Musica Mundana

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music of the universe: stars, planets, seasons

38
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Music Humana

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human body and soul

39
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Musica Instrumentalis

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instrumental and vocal music, outside the body

40
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Who are the church fathers?

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St. Basil, St. Augustine, St. Jerome, and St. John Chrysostom

41
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What are some of the Medieval Instruments?

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Vielle (fiddle), Hurdy-gurdy, Psaltery, Transverse flute, Shawm, Medieval Trumpet, Pipe and tabor, Organ

42
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Carole

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Circle Dance from France (12th-14th Centuries)

43
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Estampie

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French Dance in triple meter, popular in the 13th-14th centuries

44
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What musicians are at Court (Secular)?

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Bards, Jongleur, Minstrel, Troubador, Trouvere, Minnesinger

45
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Organum

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2 (or more) voices singing different notes

46
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Parallel Organum

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voice move in parallel motion, avoid the tritone

47
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Mixed/Oblique Organum

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avoid the tritone (DRONE)

48
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Free Organum

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“note against note”; organal voice is above P4, P5, or P8ve

49
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Aquitanian Polyphony

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Florid; organal voice is florid 1-3 note for each lower note

50
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Notre Dame Polyphony

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Longs and Breves, Modal rhythm (Discant)

51
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Pure Organum

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Organum Duplum

52
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Triplum

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3 voice

53
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Quadruplum

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4 voice

54
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Substitute clasulae

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sections of organum, in discant style replace old sections to create coherence to an extended passage

55
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Hocket

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“hiccup” two voices alternate, trade figures, while the other rests

56
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Musica Ficta

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“feigned music”, unwritten accidentals, avoids tritone, at cadences

57
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Virelais

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A bba A bba A bba A; monophonic

58
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Rondeaux

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AbaAabAB; polyphonic; 4 voice: triplum with cantus (text), tenor and contratenor

59
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Ballades

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aabC, polyphonic

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