Unit 3 Flashcards
Which music is popular music?
secular
What was Hildegard von Bingen, a gifted composer during the middle ages, best known for?
monophonic melodies
Which type of music was created by the Notre Dame School of composers?
organum
What does the neumes indicate in early music notation?
whether a note should go up or down
What are troubadours?
singer-songwriters who composed secular music
Which Italian songs are often filled with jokes and puns, and often deal with love?
madrigals
Which type of music is a motet?
secular
What was de Machaut’s most famous work?
Messe de Nostre Dame
Which instrument was especially popular with troubadours and jongleurs?
lute
Compared to medieval music, which sentence best describes music of the Renaissance?
It is difficult to perform.
On which type of music did Michael Praetorius base his chorale concertos?
Protestant hymn
What did Johannes Gutenberg invent that revolutionized music?
printing press
The instruments of which luthier (violin maker) are considered the finest ever made?
Antonio Stradivari
What does a flat do?
lowers a note by a half step
What does a sharp do?
raises a note by a half step
What is the distance between the notes on the staff?
half step
