Secular
Sacred
Vocabulary
Music Terms
Musical Periods
100
What is the type of music that talks about love, war, and heroes.
Ballad
100
Gregorian Chant was named after ________?
Pope Gregory
100

Music that has only one melody line. Either one person or many people can sing this one line.

what is Monophonic Music?

100

Learning music by hearing it over and over.

what is rote?

100
What is the third musical period?
Baroque
200
What is the name of the group of singers who traveled and sang secular music. They played instruments such as bagpipes.
Troubadours
200
What was the most popular type of music during this time?
Sacred
200

The music period from 450-1450.

what is Medieval Music?

200

The speed of the music.

what is tempo?

200
What is the second music period?
Renaissance
300
Non religious music is called _____?
Secular music
300
Sacred music consisted of only _________, and later on instruments were added.
voices
300

A monophonic, unaccompanied style of liturgical singing that takes its name from Pope Gregory the Great

What is Gregorian Chant?

300

the volume of music.

what is dynamics?

300
What is the first musical period?
Medieval?
400

This type of music was not notated, as a general rule.

What is Secular Music?

400

A nun who claimed to have mystical powers and that she was directly influenced by God in her compositions.

Who was Hildegard von Bingen?

400

Non religious music.

what is secular music?

400

the earliest form of musical notation or written note indicating the relative pitch.

What are neumes?

400
What is the 5th music period?
Romantic
500

These musicians used many instruments, one being the lute, to play songs about love, battle, and kings. They were greatly influenced by Arabia.

Who are Troubadours 

500

Is attributed with writing the first setting of the Mass Ordinary.

Guillaume de Machaut 

500

Music with more than one melody.

what is Polyphonic music?

500
What type of music is "Gradual"?
Gregorian Chant, sacred.
500

This type of music was more popular during the Medieval Period.

What is Sacred music?

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