Middle Ages- Dance Music Flashcards
What was a Bass shawm?
a reed instrument with a piercing tone; ancestor of the oboe an haut wind instrument
What was a sackbut?
a brass instrument with a slide; ancestor of the trombone an haut wind instrument
What was a Dulcimer?
a stringed instrument with a wooden sound box strings are struck with small hammers producing a delicate sound a bas string instrument
Define haut
French for “high,” indicating a high level of volume (loud) Medieval designation for outdoor instruments includes sackbut, shawm
Define bas
French for “low,” indicating a low level of volume (soft) a Medieval designation for indoor instruments includes dulcimer, lute, psaltery, vielle
What was a Psaltery?
an ancient stringed instrument with a trapezoidal wooden sound box plucked with the fingers or plectrum a bas string instrument
What Middle Ages song is this?
The estampie dance, performed by lute and oud
Define estampie
one of the earliest Medieval dances stately character involves elaborate body movements danced by couples
The formal structure was often __________ to allow for _______ in __________
The formal structure was often SECTIONAL to allow for FLEXIBILITY in LENGTH
What was probably the most popular use of instruments?
Dance music
What was a Vielle?
a reed instrument with a piercing tone; ancestor of the oboe an haut wind instrument
What was a Lute?
a plucked instrument of Middle Eastern origin having a rounded body and frets its delicate sound served as an ideal accompaniment to the voice a bas string instrument
Define heterophony
simultaneous variation involving two or more voices or instruments playing the same melody in more than one way at the same time one part plays the original melody; the added voices are often improvised
