MUSC111 Flashcards

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METER

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The measurements of beats in groups of two or three

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RHYTHM

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Long and short sounds

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TEMPO

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Root word: speed. How fast or slow

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BEAT

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Recurring pulse. Can be measured by groups of two or three.

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TIMBRE

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Quality of sound. Difference between two sound making instruments.

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DYNAMICS

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How loud or soft

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PITCH

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How high or low. Measured in vibrations per second

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MELODY

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Group of pitches.

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TEXT

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Words or lyrics.

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ETHOS

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Power of music

Feel

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A CAPPELLA

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To sing without instruments

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VERNACULAR

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Local language

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POLYOHONY

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Two or more pitches

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MONOPHONIC

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One pitch

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MIDDLE AGES

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800 to 1400

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MARTIN LUTHER

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Wrote 95 thesis . Was against the church for telling people to pay for their sins to be forgiven. Used the printing press to pass the 95 thesis
Renaissance

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CANTUS FIRMUS MASS

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Bases on a borrowed melody
Fixed voice.
Love song was hidden within the religious music
Angus day and

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GOTHIC

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1200 to 1400
Organum (religious polyphonic)
Plague
Beginning was the crusades

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RENAISSANCE

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1400 to 1600

Rebirth of interest in the individual

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CHANT

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Gregorian chant and plain song.
1. Sung without instruments
2. Men
3. Text-Latin
4. No beat/ meter
Monophonic
Middle Ages
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TROUBADOUR

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Monophonic

Aristocratic poet-musicians of the Middle Ages. Also known as trouvères

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MINNESINGER

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Monophonic
Secular
Middle Ages

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MINNLIED

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MINSTRELS

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MUSIC
Organized sounds
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ORGANUM
Religious polyphonic First polyphonic music Middle Ages
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BALLAD
Love song secular Polyphonic 1300 gothic during the plague Middle Ages
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CHANSON
French for ballad , love song,
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MOTET
Three different texts at the same time from the middle ages. One of them can be the instrument. Polyphonic Secular and religious
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NOTRE DAME
``` Gothic style. Paris, France 1200 Organum Our lady ```
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MARCO POLO
Explorer. While in prison wrote about his adventures in china. People learned about the objects in china. First recorded adventures Middle Ages Last 100 yrs of plague
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CRUSADES
Holy wars. 1200 Middle Ages
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VIOL
Like a violin. From the Middle East.
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VIIOL DA GAMBA
Larger viol. Looks like a bass
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PORTATIVE
Portable organ
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RECORDER
Came before the flute.
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LUTE
Guitar like instrument
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FEUDALISM
Exchange of services of labor.
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LEONIN & PEROTIN
First composed music to be recorded
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MACHAUT
Ballads and chansons
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CHIVALERY
Crusades Recognizing women Manners men to women
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PLAGUE
Black Death. People got sick because of the fleas which were on the rodents. Marco Polo is back
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HILDEGARD VON BINGEN
Female composer from the 1200's | Gothic
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GUTENBERG
From Germany. Invented the printing press
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MADRIGAL
``` Men and women Vernacular Tell the difference between a child and a women Acappella Secular( not religious) Sing about sex Renaissance Polyphonic ```
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COLUMBUS
Found America and saw that there were people living there.
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FLYING BUTTRESS
Used in buildings in France to keep the bricks in place.
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SECULAR
``` One man Beat and meter Troubadour Minnesinger Text: French ```
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Michael Angelo
Art: David ( distorted hands)
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Queen Elizabeth
She was supposed to marry someone. Once she married she would lose power and the man would take power. Known as the virgin queen
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Inquisition
Spain would torture people to convert to catholic
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MASS
``` Vernacular Children and men A cappella Religious Polyphonic Renaissance ```
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PRINTING PRESS
Bible Martin Luther work Knowledge was spread all over Europe