End Of Years Flashcards
What things are performed at social gatherings and where would it take place
Traditional songs and dances are performed at social gatherings in bars and taverns
What countries is folk music traditional in?
England, Ireland Scotland and Wales
What are modes
The equivalent of scales today people would use them to compose music
What is the most common type of mode
The Dorian mode which is a piece which starts with a D and ends with a D
Why did wives play music?
To entertain themselves whilst their husbands are away working for the king
Cab bagpipes play a drone and a melody?
Yes
Where would these types of instruments be played
At parties
What instruments were there in these times
Dulcimer
Bagpipes
Recorder
Hurdy gurdy
Sacred music
Religious
Secular music
Non-religious
What’s an antiphony
When two choirs sing alternately
Why did they sing in Latin
Because it’s the most sacred language
