MAPEH Flashcards
Also known as middle ages or the dark ages.
Medieval Period
Was the form of government established during the Middle Ages.
Feudal System
5 class in feudal system.
King - Bishop - Baron - Lord - Peasant
Group of notes that are sung on a syllable of a particular word or text.
Melisma
Smooth, even manner of musical performance.
Legato
Also called Gregorian mode, is one of the eight scales in the Gregorian chant.
Church Mode
Was mainly used during the early part of the Middle Ages.
Monophonic Texture
Was developed from combining several music lines.
Polyphonic Texture
Was mainly sacred vocal music such as plainchant, conductus, masses, and motets, instrumental estampie, and secular vocal songs.
Musical Genre
Is a form of prayer song that is purely vocal, monophonic, and intended for church use only
Plainchant or Plainsong
Who initiated the compilation of a plainsong.
Pope Gregory the Great
Early form of musical notation used to transcribe the Gregorian chant.
Neume
Became popular during the latter part of the medieval period.
Court Music
Were travelling musicians who performed in different places to entertain people with their music about courtly love, chivalry, and romance.
Troubadours
French secular song during the medieval period.
Chanson
Troubadour’s formal love song.
Canso
Servants hired to serve in courts.
Minstrels
Were hired to entertain crowds with acrobatic tricks.
Jongleurs
Singers of love songs.
Minnesingers
Was one of the popular composers of the medieval period.
Adam de la Halle
Began with the appearance of humans and ended with the discovery of writing.
Prehistoric Period
A hunter-gatherer culture
Paleolithic Period
Three stages of the Paleolithic Period.
Lower, Middle, and Upper Paleolithic