Chapter 8 Vocab Flashcards
1
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Chanson
A
French word for song, often 13th to 16th centuries
2
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Battle masses
A
A polyphonic setting of the ordinary sections of catholic mass
3
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Natural trumpets
A
A valveless trumpet
4
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Jew’s harp
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A small instrument that is held against the teeth or lips and plucked with fingers
5
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Glissandos
A
An ascending or descending slide between two tones
6
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Harmonics
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Resonant tones (overtones) sympathetically
7
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Pointalistic style
A
In the 20th century, when sounds appear as many separate, even disconnected, events
8
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hakamma boards
A
Women of the Baggara people of Sudan who sing about social justice
