Study guide 1 Flashcards
modes
each chant was assigned a mode the important characteristics of each mode was its final, range, and reciting tone
each song stayed in its mode
antiphonal
from Greek for “sound-returning” two halves of the choir alternate
direct
choir singing without alternating
Responsorial
from response in which a soloist alternates w. choir or congregation
neumatic
from neume chants in which syllables carry one to six notes or so- generally one neume per syllable
Syllabic
chants in which almost every syllable have a single single note
Melismatic
long melodic passages on a single syllable are melismas, and chants that feature them are melismatic
monophonic
consisting of a single musical line without accompaniment
polyphonic
producing many sounds simultaneously; many-voiced
homophonic
characterized by the movement of accompanying parts in the same rhythm as the melody
dates for the middle ages
400-1400
what historical things happened in the 400’s
fall of Rome, Christianity legalized and made official religion
what historical things happened in 1400’s
plague, notation, Constantinople fell, and the Gutenberg press
Language of Gregorian Chant
latin
Text setting
syllabic, neumatic, melismatic
syllabic
long text, with one note and one syllable
melismatic
short and repetitive one syllable many notes
Rhythm in medieval time period
was text based
Texture
monphonic, homophonic, and polyphonic
monophonic
has only a melody line
homophonic
compliments and harmonizes songs
polyphonic
independent lines sung together
Manner of performances
Antiphonal, responsorial, direct
direct
all together
responsorial
leader with a group echoing
antiponal
two groups singing back and forth
contour
conjuct, and disjuct
conjuct
smoothly
disjuct
jumpy from one note to one much higher or lower
