MUSC111 Flashcards
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METER
The measurements of beats in groups of two or three
RHYTHM
Long and short sounds
TEMPO
Root word: speed. How fast or slow
BEAT
Recurring pulse. Can be measured by groups of two or three.
TIMBRE
Quality of sound. Difference between two sound making instruments.
DYNAMICS
How loud or soft
PITCH
How high or low. Measured in vibrations per second
MELODY
Group of pitches.
TEXT
Words or lyrics.
ETHOS
Power of music
Feel
A CAPPELLA
To sing without instruments
VERNACULAR
Local language
POLYOHONY
Two or more pitches
MONOPHONIC
One pitch
MIDDLE AGES
800 to 1400
MARTIN LUTHER
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
CANTUS FIRMUS MASS
Bases on a borrowed melody
Fixed voice.
Love song was hidden within the religious music
Angus day and
GOTHIC
1200 to 1400
Organum (religious polyphonic)
Plague
Beginning was the crusades
RENAISSANCE
1400 to 1600
Rebirth of interest in the individual
CHANT
Gregorian chant and plain song. 1. Sung without instruments 2. Men 3. Text-Latin 4. No beat/ meter Monophonic Middle Ages
TROUBADOUR
Monophonic
Aristocratic poet-musicians of the Middle Ages. Also known as trouvères
MINNESINGER
Monophonic
Secular
Middle Ages
MINNLIED
Germans
MINSTRELS
Monophonic