Early Music HIGHER

Melody with accompaniment or all parts play a similar rhythm together. Think train tracks

Italian term for walking pace (a little slower than moderato).

A song by a solo singer with an orchestral accompaniment. Usually has a strong melody and lets the singer show off.

Tonality of Music that sounds sad

Highest Female Voice

A type of word setting where one note is played for each syllable. e.g Glo-ri-a

Highest Male Voice

Unaccompanied Singing: no instruments, only voices.

Keyboard instrument used in the Baroque period before the piano was invented.

Music was very elaborate, ornamented and often polyphonic (1600-1750). Keyboard instruments: Organ and Harpsichord

Everybody sings or plays the same part.

A scale that isn't major or minor. Used in plainchant as well as in jazz and pop music particularly for improvising.

Tonality of music that sounds happy

An early style of religious song (often sung by monks). Modal, sung a cappella and the rhythms are free and irregular.