Unit 2 Test 6 BDF

Several independent parts of equal interest and importance.

This form could be diagramed: AAAAA

Secular, polyphonic choral composition sung in the vernacular. Often uses word painting.

Sacred, polyphonic choral composition sung in Latin.

Term meaning unaccompanied voices.

The section shown on the board best represents a ____.

Madrigals were written by and for the musical elite of society.

Form of musical dialogue between groups (i.e. responsorial singing)

Pythagoras stated that music and mathematics were inseperable.

Chant must be written in polyphonic texture.

The approximate timeline of the musical Renaissance period:

This musical excerpt best repesents _____ style chant.

Melody of primary interest with accompaniment to support it.

The musical excerpt shown on the board best represents ______ style chant.

Sacred music designed around a very simplistic melody, often strophic or repetitive, that everybody could sing.

Secular music written by the musical amateurs of society.

Madrigals are serious and solemn in style. They are used for worship.

The common language of the people. One of the characteristics of forms such as the madrigal and the troubadour song.

Which one of the following do motets and madrigals have in common?

Prior to notation, chant was passed on via oral tradition.

Troubadours sang sacred songs about religion, traveling from church to church.

This melodic style of singing primarily uses one pitch per syllable of text.

The 9 sister goddesses of the arts and sciences.

This was the favorite instrument of the troubadours.

Neumes are curved lines placed above the text to indicate melodic direction.

Gregorian chant is sung in

This form could be diagramed: ABCDEF

Texture consisting of only one musical line with no harmony.

This melodic style of singing frequently uses 10-20 or more pitches per syllable of text.

To spontaneously and freely create at the spur of the moment.

Music affects character.

Chant is named in honor of Pope Gregory I.

This form could be diagramed: ABABABA

In ancient Greece, music and gymanstics were considered the 2 necessary disciplines of the mind and body.

Hymns are designed around a simple melody, allowing all to participate.