Middle Ages
Types of Pieces
Baroque
Rhythms
Notes
100
Before they used notes, music was written using what?
Neumes
100
A collection of pieces meant for Dancing, common in the Baroque Era
Dance Suite
100
Baroque roughly translates to this, from the Portuguese word "Barocco"
Misshapen Pearl
100
This note receives 4 beats, or a whole measure
Whole Note
100
What is this called?
Treble Clef
200
Neumes were written on lines and spaces, called what? (We still use this today
Staff
200
A multi-movement instrumental piece of music, originating in the baroque era.
Sonata
200
Instead of modes, Baroque musicians used these to organize collections of notes
Keys
200
This note receives 1 beat.
Quarter note
200
What is this called?
Bass clef
300
Medieval Collections and patterns of notes were called what? Some examples are Ionian, Dorian, and Mixolydian
Modes
300
A dramatic or comedic work involving singing, acting, and instruments
Opera
300
Baroque musicians would make up music in the moment, a practice known as what?
Improvising
300
This tells how many beats are in a measure, and what type of note gets the beat
Time Signature
300
What note is this?
D
400
Music written for only one voice is referred to as what?
Monophony
400
Early monophonic church music was known as what?
Chants
400
Small improvised changes seen as "musical decorations" were called what?
Ornamentation
400
This note receives 2 beats
Half note
400
What note is this
B flat
500
Travelling musicians were known as what? There are 3 possible names, you only need one
Troubadours, Mistrels, or Minnesingers
500
A multi-voice piece of music based in imitation, this type of piece was hugely popular in the baroque era
Fugue
500
The principle of writing musing in a single key was known as what, though it was later shortened to just "tonality"
Common Practice Tonality
500
A single sixteenth note receives this many beats
.25 or 1/4
500
What note is this?
F Sharp