ELEMENTS OF MUSIC
Dynamics
volume, loud too soft
DECRESCENDO
opposite get softer
Allegro
FAST
Themes in Troubadour Music
Love songs, sometimes political satire, often accompanied by instruments
Polyphonic composition
4 and more voices
POLYPHONIC MASSES HAD ___________.
preexisting chant as a main theme (cantus firmus)
GRAVE
slowest
Homophonic Texture
line of pitches supported with chords
Organum
music with chant for a theme, but with 2, 3 lines added
COUNCIL OF TRENT & THEIR REFORMS
meeting of catholic leadership to discuss reforms
1. No more mixed languages in the music (polyphonic music) - latin only
2. No instruments (except pipe organ)
3. No more popular tunes (polyphony too ornate? Monophonic chant only )
STRPHIC FORM
Song structure in which the same music is repeated with every stanza (strophe) of the poem.
AMPLITUDE
volume of the sound, measured in Decibels (Db)
Frequency
number of vibrations per second (high or low of the pitch)
WORD PAINTING
musical line imitate the Meaning of the words
BINARY FORM (AB)
two part form with each section normally repeated
MEASURE
a single unit of time measuring a specific number of beats played at a particular tempo
PITCH
regular/periodic, sound waves (singable)
Madrigals (originated in Italy) popular entertainment
multi part secular songs (primarily vocal, but sometimes instruments used)
THE MASS
THE ORDER OF SERVICE
TRIAD
a bunch of pitches stacked up on top of each other