INQUIZITIVE

Question 1

How many singers do you hear at the opening of Hildegard’s Alleluia?

Answer 1

more than one

Question 2

What describes the text setting in Hildegard’s Alleluia, O virga mediatrix?

Answer 2

a mix of neumatic and melismatic

Question 3

After singing the opening “Alleluia,” the choir continues with new music. How is this new music different from the opening music?

Answer 3

the new music begins on higher pitches than the opening music

Question 4

Which choice below accurately describes Hildegard’s Alleluia?

Answer 4

no instruments used

Question 5

What describes the relationship between the different voices of the choir in Hildegard’s Alleluia?

Answer 5

all voices sing one melody (monophonic texture)

Question 6

Monophony is single-line texture, or melody without accompaniment. It doesn’t matter how many people are playing or singing that melody. When you hear one melody without accompaniment, like this Alleluia, you are listening to monophonic texture.

Answer 6

it is longer than the choral “Alleluia” section

Question 7

In the verse, Hildegard uses only one melody to express the text. (Remember, monophonic texture has no harmony, and chant has no notated rhythm.) The verse’s final text line refers to the Virgin Mary’s chastity (“pudoris tui”).

Answer 7

with higher pitches

Question 8

The form of the first two sections can be written as A-B: the “Alleluia” section followed by the verse. After finishing the verse, the choir sings the opening “Alleluia” section.

Answer 8

A-B-A

Question 9

How many singers do you hear in this recording of Kalenda maya?

Answer 9

one

Question 10

Which of the following instruments plays in the opening of Kalenda maya? Which do not?

Answer 10

in excerpt:
- strummed string instrument
- percussion instrument
not present:
- brass
- double-reed instrument

Question 11

which of the following describe the melody of the vocal line in the first stanza of Kalenda Maya? Which do not?

Answer 11

describes:
- falls downward at the closing of each phrase
- rises upward at the beginning of each phrase
does not describe:
- rises upward at the closing of each phrase
- falls downward at the beginning of each phrase

Question 12

Listen to the first stanza of Kalenda maya and then complete the sentences

Answer 12

Although the medieval manuscripts of Kalenda maya provide the poem and melody of the song, the notation of rhythm had not yet become standardized, leaving interpretation up to the performer. This recording is performed in a dance-like triple meter, although other interpretations are possible.

Question 13

The instrument performing the main melody in the opening of Kalenda maya is the strummed guitar.

Answer 13

false

Question 14

Listen to the following two excerpts from Kalenda maya and match them to the correct descriptions.

Answer 14

• vocal melody is mostly conjunct
• the instrumental melody is mostly conjunct

Question 15

Drag and drop the appropriate words to describe the melody of Kaldenda maya.

Answer 15

The vocal melody is mostly conjunct, moving in a small range and wavelike motion.

Question 16

Which of the following describe the melody of the vocal line in the first stanza of Kalenda maya? Which do not?

Answer 16

describes the melody:
- wavelike
- conjunct
does not:
- wide leaps
- disjunct

Question 17

Which describes the relationship between the voices (the texture) in the first line of Machaut’s Ma fin est mon commencement (My end is my beginning)?

Answer 17

each voice sings its own unique melody (non-imitative polyphony)

Question 18

There are two melodies in this chanson, indicated in the chart below with the letters “a” and “b”; as you can see, the same melody is used for different lines of the text.

Which describes the music for the third line of Machaut’s song?

Answer 18

the music is the same but the text is different from the first line

Question 19

There are two melodies in this chanson, indicated in the chart below with the letters “a” and “b”; as you can see, the same melody is used for different lines of the text.

Which describes the fourth line of Machaut’s song?

Answer 19

the music and text are the same as in the first line

Question 20

There are two melodies in this chanson, indicated in the chart below with the letters “a” and “b”; as you can see, the same melody is used for different lines of the text.

Which describes the fifth line of Machaut’s song?

Answer 20

the music is the same but the text is different from the first line

Question 21

There are two melodies in this chanson, indicated in the chart below with the letters “a” and “b”; as you can see, the same melody is used for different lines of the text.

Which describes the sixth line of Machaut’s song?

Answer 21

the music is the same but the text is different from the second line

Question 22

There are two melodies in this chanson, indicated in the chart below with the letters “a” and “b”; as you can see, the same melody is used for different lines of the text.

Which describes the seventh line of Machaut’s song?

Answer 22

the music and the text are the same as in the first line

Question 23

There are two melodies in this chanson, indicated in the chart below with the letters “a” and “b”; as you can see, the same melody is used for different lines of the text.

Which describes the eighth line of Machaut’s song?

Answer 23

the music and the text are the same as in the second line

Question 24

What describes the text setting of the first section of Ma fin est mon commencement (My end is my beginning)?

Answer 24

melismatic

Question 25

Which describes the texture of the first section of Ma fin est mon commencement (My end is my beginning)?

Answer 25

non-imitative polyphony

Question 26

How many voices sing the opening phrase of Fair Phyllis, “Fair Phyllis I saw sitting all alone”?

Answer 26

one

Question 27

Farmer uses monophonic texture (a single melody line) for the first text line because Phyllis is ____

Answer 27

all alone