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1
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Music…

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..occurs in real-time.

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Pitch refers to-

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specific sound, number of vibrations per second

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Troubadours

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Poet musicians from the Age of Chivalry

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Rhythm

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duration of musical sound (all sounds on or in between beats)

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Popular Art

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the art that was developed for a growing middle class for mass consumption. It is easily digestible and catchy with an intended audience of all. It is made to sell and depends on commercial success.

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Pitch

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the number of vibrations per second, or the (specific) frequency of a sound

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Folk Art

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the art that has an aural and oral tradition. Deals with political and social issues, does not need to be popular and it deals with reality.

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Ars Antiqua

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the old technique of polyphonic music centered at the Norte Dame School

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Ars Nova

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the new technique of polyphonic music

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Tempo

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Speed (how fast or slow)

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Mode

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Major/minor

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Melody

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Horizontal alignment of pitches; pitches one after another (singable in one breath)

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Phrase

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Sentence in music, there is a stopping place

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Polyphonic

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More than one melody (line) at the same time.

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Functional harmony

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chords have specific interrelation and function (taking you somewhere, driving it forward)

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Harmony

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Vertical alignment of pitches, pitches on top of another

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Tonality

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a feeling of centrality of one note to a passage of music (within the key)

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18
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Monophony

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one line (melody)

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Style (give examples and define)

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combination of qualities that make it distinctive (something or someone unique)
ex: composer, time period, art in general

20
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Isorhythm

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identical rhythms on different pitches that differentiate Ars (associated with Ars Nova)

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Motet

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A religious vocal composition (like mass, wiggle room for lyric changes).

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Plainchant

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unaccompanied monophonic music (earliest fine art music)

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Key

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one pitch more important than the other (pitch name)

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Cadence

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ending place in a phrase, punctuation in music

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Form

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the structure of the music; beginning, middle, and end.

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Homophony

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Melody with accompaniment

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Meter

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recurring pattern of strong and weak beats

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Secular

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non-religious music such as dances or madrigals

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Motive

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the shortest part of the melody that is easily identifiable

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Dynamics

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how loud or soft (volume)

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Sonority

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the richness of tone color and becomes increasingly important during the Renaissance

32
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Organum

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the earliest genre of polyphonic music

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Fine Art

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the art that has cultivated European tradition. It is not based on reality and is written down, it is made to challenge the listeners and the instrument players.

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Overtone Series

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Occurs in nature, a collection of pitches that occurs at the same time only hearing the primary pitch

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Renaissance artists…

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…strove to make their work accessible/relatable to the average person or manhood instead of God.

36
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Duality of the Baroque period-

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Extravagance and control

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Tone Color

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Timbre: the unique sound of an instrument

38
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Galliard, Pavane, Jig

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Secular dancing

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Vertical

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Harmony

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Horizontal

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Melody

41
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Motet, Mass

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Religious music

42
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Madrigal

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Secular music

43
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Melodic Material, in steps

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Motive, Phrase, Theme, Theme Group

44
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Polyphony Norte Dame School
Monophony Iso Rhythm
Ars Antiqua Organum
Troubadours/Trouvere Plainchant
Ars Nova Age of Chivalry

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Polyphony/Organum
Ars Nova/Iso Rhythm
Monophony/Plainchant
Troubadours/Trouvere//Age of Chivalry
Ars Antiqua/Notre Dame School

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