music unit 1 lesson 1

Question 1

western music tradition and religious music development can be traced back in Europe during the medieval period form 400 CE to 1400 CE.

Answer 1

true

Question 2

between the fall of the roman empire and the age of reawakening and discovery.

Answer 2

also called the middle ages

Question 3

was based upon a religious subject

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“dark ages”

Question 4

magnificent works of architecture, sculpture, paintings poetry, and music appeared.

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13th century

Question 5

kinds of music during the middle ages:

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music for the knights, for the nobles in the castle, and chants for the priest.

Question 6

music during the middle ages< as they celebrated the christian services in cathedrals and monasteries.

Answer 6

true

Question 7

most of the sacred music was never written down

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true

Question 8

only the music of the church is well preserved because at that time only the people of the church were educated.

Answer 8

true

Question 9

the reading and copying of texts were the isolated reservation of the monasteries ad major cathedrals.

Answer 9

true

Question 10

the monks were requested to read and write to be familiar with the scriptures.

Answer 10

true

Question 11

later on they devised a system to notate and copy music.

Answer 11

true

Question 12

through notation and copying, the church music spread to other monastic communities and was taught to succeeding generations.

Answer 12

true

Question 13

official music of the roman catholic church.

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gregorian chant

Question 14

gregorian chant was referred to after?

Answer 14

pope gregory I the great

Question 15

plainsong or plainchant

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gregorian chant

Question 16

its melody (gregorian chant) is set to sacred latin text, composed for the western church and performed without without instrumental accompaniment.

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true

Question 17

it (gregorian chant) can be simple or elaborate but tends to move pitches by a step within a narrow range

Answer 17

true

Question 18

the melodic style avoids wide leaps and dynamic contrasts

Answer 18

true

Question 19

all voices are sung together in unison, thus considered monophonic texture and does not have harmony nor counterpoint.

Answer 19

true

Question 20

male voices are sung in unison when performing a chant

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true

Question 21

its rhythm is not measured: improvisational style is applied through spoken words

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true

Question 22

originally it was a chant passed along by oral tradition, but later on they were notated

Answer 22

true

Question 23

means”fixed song” it is pre-existing melodic line

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true

Question 24

the gregorian notations used different signs called

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neume

Question 25

`notes sung on a single syllable

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neume

Question 26

a neume always starts at the beginning of a syllable

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true

Question 27

its always read from left to right just like in modern notation but from bottom to top when notes are written on the same column

Answer 27

true

Question 28

a square a diamond or a bold line represents a neume

Answer 28

true

Question 29

this is a single note

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punctum

Question 30

this is the same as a punctum

Answer 30

virga

Question 31

one note is written above another note : the bottom sung first, followed by the note above it.

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podatus (pes)

Question 32

the higher note comes and is sung first

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clivis (flexa)

Question 33

three or more notes go upward and are sung from the bottom

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scandicus

Question 34

three or more notes go upward but the middle one has a vertical episema, slightly prolonging that note

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salicus

Question 35

three notes go up and then back down

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torculus (pes flexus)

Question 36

three or more notes go downward the first note is sung first

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climacus

Question 37

this has high note a low note and a high note. the line starts at the fist note and goes down to the middle note

Answer 37

porrectus (flexus resupinus)

Question 38

four notes go up and then drop down

Answer 38

scandicus flexus

Question 39

this is a porrectus with a low note on the end

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porrectus flexus

Question 40

this is the opposirte of a scandicus flexus

Answer 40

climacus resupinus

Question 41

one note skips outward

Answer 41

torculus resupinus

Question 42

one note goes up then two notes go down

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pes subbipunctus

Question 43

four notes in a row go down

Answer 43

virga subtripunctis

Question 44

four notes in a row go up

Answer 44

virga praetripunctis

Question 45

horizontal line

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episema

Question 46

vertical line

Answer 46

episema

Question 47

a vertical line separates musical phrases and may sometimes allow pause for takign a breathe

Answer 47

true

Question 48

skinny note

Answer 48

custos

Question 49

gregorian neumes are written on a four line staff

Answer 49

ture

Question 50

modern notation uses five line staff

Answer 50

true

Question 51

the clef indicates the location f Do in the case of Do clef and Fa in the case of Fa clef

Answer 51

true

Question 52

it marks where do is on the staff

Answer 52

c cleff

Question 53

it indicates where Fa is on the staff

Answer 53

F clef

Question 54

these clefs can be placed on any line of the staff to indicate which associates to the named note

Answer 54

true

Question 55

different styles in writing the text of the gregorian chant

Answer 55

text settings

Question 56

there is one assigned note for each syllable of text

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syllabic

Question 57

a group of neumes is assigned to one syllable of text

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neumatic

Question 58

there are many notes assigned to one syllable of text, usually combining several groups of neumes

Answer 58

melismatic

Question 59

there many syllables assigned to one note of text

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psalmodic

Question 60

english translation of salve regina

Answer 60

hail queen, mother of mercy hail, our life, our comfort, and our hope. exiled children of Eve, we cry out to you: to you we breathe a prayer, as we journey in sorrow and lament through this "valley of tears" come then, our advocates, turn your eyes filled with pity our way. and when this time of exile is past, show us Jesus, the blessed fruit of your womb, gentle, loving , and kind virgin Mary.

Question 61

were the scales used in both sacred and secular music

Answer 61

church modes

Question 62

eight church modes: plagal and auhtentic

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skl

Question 63

four authentic modes:

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dorian, phrygian, lydian, mixolodian

Question 64

four plagal modes:

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hypodorian, hypophrygian, hypolydian, hypomixolodian

Question 65

they composed of seven different tones and an eight note that duplicates the first note an octave higher

Answer 65

true

Question 66

patterns of whole notes and half notes are different

Answer 66

true

Question 67

early medieval music was monophonic in texture

Answer 67

true

Question 68

was a french poet and composer: first to write a polyphonic setting of the mass ordinary

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Guillaume de Machaut (ca.1300-1377)

Question 69

ars nova technique of isorhythm

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skl

Question 70

repeated rhythmic pattern throughout one or more voices

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isorhythm

Question 71

german band headed by Frank peterson

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gregorian

Question 72

band gregorian leader

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frank Peterson

Question 73

the gregorian chant was continuously performed in the churches during the medieval period

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true

Question 74

development was introduced by:

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Pe'rotonin and le'onin

Question 75

development was introduced by Pe'rotonin and le'onin

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organum

Question 76

early church polyphony

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organum

Question 77

(organum) soloist uually sings the original chant melody while the choir sings the other patrts in parallel motion

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skl

Question 78

perotonin's organum

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viderunt omnes

Question 79

first composer of poluphonic music who lived in the latter part of the 12th century and earned extesive fame

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le'onin

Question 80

three and four voice compositions of varied and rich texture

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motet

Question 81

most important form of the early polyphonic music

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motet

Question 82

the term motet derives from french word :

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mot

Question 83

means words that were added to the vocal line

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mot

Question 84

recuring rhythm

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talea

Question 85

recurring melodic idea is also called

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color

Question 86

motets were composed for the secular and religious functions

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true

Question 87

the roman catholic church' s central and leading worship service

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mass

Question 88

before machaut, polyphony for the mas only had one or two sections

Answer 88

proper of the mass and ordinary of the mass

Question 89

the section of the mass that are sung to texts that vary with each feast day

Answer 89

proper of the mass

Question 90

chants with unvarying texts that were sung almost everyday

Answer 90

ordinary of the mass

Question 91

five texts of the Ordinary:

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kyrie, gloria, credo, sanctus, and agnus dei

Question 92

one of the famous mass songs during this period

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krie by machaut

Question 93

kyrie

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Panginoon maawa ka

Question 94

gloria

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papuri

Question 95

credo

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siya nawa

Question 96

sanctus

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santo

Question 97

agnus dei

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kordero ng Diyos

Question 98

14th century has seen growth in the importance of instrumental music

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skl

Question 99

it was improvised rather than written

Answer 99

skl

Question 100

the first compose-poets to appear in southern France and northern Spain and italy in 12th and 13th century

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troubadours

Question 101

troubadours came form the word

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trobar

Question 102

trbar

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to compose, to discuss or to find

Question 103

they were travelling musicians

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true

Question 104

the troubadours performed chivalry and courtly romantic music

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true

Question 105

the composr-performersin northern FArnce

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trouve'res

Question 106

their influence (trouveres) even reched germany, germany counterpart

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minnesingers

Question 107

most of the songs of the troubadours and the trouveres were songs about

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love, crusades, dance songs, and spinning songs

Question 108

their notation of songs does not show rhythm

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skl

Question 109

acrobat performers

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minstrels or jongleurs

Question 110

a french trouvee poet and composer

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Adam de la Halle (ca.1245-1288)

Question 111

adam de la halle is aslo known as

Answer 111

Adam le Bossu or Adam the hunchback

Question 112

two part refrains

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rondeux

Question 113

polyphonic choral compositions

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motets

Question 114

dialogues between two poets

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jeuxpartis

Question 115

adam was also an accomplished composer of rondeux. chansons, motets, jeupartis

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skl

Question 116

1280s his most famous work

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Le jeu de Robin et de Marion

Question 117

Le jeu de Robin et de Marion

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the play of robin and marian

Question 118

it is a form of a pastourelle

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Le jeu de Robin et de Marion

Question 119

heraldic piece that usually contains a dialogue between knight and a peasant girl

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pastourelle

Question 120

loud or outdoor

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hauts

Question 121

soft or indoor

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bas

Question 122

loud instruments

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trumpets, sackbut, shawm, bagpipe, nakers, tabor

Question 123

long instrument made of metal. this is usually used for fanfares

Answer 123

trumpet

Question 124

resembles a trombone instrument

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sackbut

Question 125

this has a reed that vibrates against the toungue or lips to produce sound. this resembles an oboe instrument

Answer 125

shawm

Question 126

this is an ancient instrumnt made from a gout or sheep skin and a reed pipe. this is usually used by the poorest people

Answer 126

bagpipe

Question 127

this is a drums intument played in pairs

Answer 127

nakers

Question 128

this is a small drum instrument made from the trunk of a tree or a metal with animal skin stretched across the top of the hollow part

Answer 128

tabor

Question 129

soft instruments

Answer 129

flute, recorder, harp, fiddle, lute, positive organ

Question 130

this a recorder like woodwind musical instrument. on of the favorite instruments of the minstrels while traveling

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flute

Question 131

flute like woodwind musical instrument. this is held vertically from the lips of the player

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recorder

Question 132

favorite musical instrument of the troubadours and minstrels

Answer 132

harp

Question 133

this is a bowed or plucked string instrument placed under the chin of the player

Answer 133

fiddle

Question 134

this is a pear shaped plucked string instrument with bent neck and a fretted fingerboard

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lute

Question 135

this is the principle musical instrument in monasteries and cathedrals during the late medieval period. this was the only instrument by the church authorities.

Answer 135

positive organ

Question 136

curriculum (astronomy, arithmetic, gemetry)

Answer 136

quadrivium

Question 137

measurement was applied to music using

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sound and time