Medieval & Renaissance Music
This type of music was created for worship in churches and monasteries
What is sacred music?
This sacred chant tradition is named after Pope Gregory I and was sung in medieval religious settings.
What is Gregorian chant?
In this musical practice, a leader sings or plays a phrase and a group responds.
What is call-and-response?
This is spontaneous musical creation during a performance.
What is improvisation?
This strong rhythmic accent, often heard on beats two and four, helps drive R&B and rock music.
What is a backbeat?
This Louisiana city was a major center in the development of early jazz.
What is New Orleans?
This is considered to be the first what in 1929?
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This texture has one melodic line with no accompaniment, as in much Gregorian chant.
What is monophonic texture?
This term describes vocal music performed without instrumental accompaniment.
What is a cappella?
This common blues structure is organized into twelve measures.
What is the 12-bar blues?
This rhythmic feature emphasizes unexpected beats and contributes to jazz’s lively feel.
What is syncopation?
This repeated rhythmic pattern helps create a song’s sense of movement.
What is a groove?
Name three musical traditions that influenced early R&B.
What are blues, gospel, jazz, boogie-woogie, and big-band music?
He is considered the Father of the Blues and is known for his song "The St. Louis Blues"
W. C. Handy
This Medieval abbess and composer created sacred chants and is one of the few well-known women composers of her time.
Who is Hildegard von Bingen?
This texture uses multiple independent melodies at the same time.
What is polyphonic texture, or polyphony?
This lyric pattern repeats the first line and follows it with a response or answer.
What is the AAB structure?
This jazz trumpeter and singer is known for “West End Blues” and expressive solo performances.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
This vocal technique sings several notes on one syllable and is common in gospel and R&B.
What is melisma?
State the difference between monophonic and polyphonic texture.
What is monophonic texture has one melodic line, while polyphonic texture has multiple independent melodic lines at the same time?
This is considered to be an early form of what genre?
R&B
During this period, meaning “rebirth,” secular music grew and the printing press helped spread music.
What is the Renaissance?
This early form of polyphony added another voice to a chant.
What is organum?
These altered pitches contribute to the distinctive sound of blues.
What are blue notes?
In a big band, this section includes instruments such as piano, bass, and drums.
What is the rhythm section?
This gospel-influenced guitarist and singer recorded “Rock Me” and connected gospel, blues, and early rock styles.
Who is Sister Rosetta Tharpe?
This musical practice appears in many traditions, including blues and jazz, where performers respond to one another and create music in the moment.
What are call-and-response and improvisation?
This touring route for African American Artists was known for a food delicacy that does not have the greatest smell.
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This Renaissance composer wrote the Pope Marcellus Mass, known for clear text setting in polyphonic music.
Who is Palestrina?
This is the final section in the traditional five-part outline of the Mass: Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and this section.
What is Agnus Dei?
Known as the “Empress of the Blues,” this singer recorded expressive versions of “St. Louis Blues.”
Who is Bessie Smith?
This composer, arranger, and bandleader created works such as “Take the A Train” and “Mood Indigo.”
Who is Duke Ellington?
This R&B pioneer recorded “What’d I Say,” combining gospel-influenced singing with call-and-response.
Who is Ray Charles?
This club was the main stage for African American artist to perform Jazz in Harlem, NY. They had to wait in the basement before performances in this venue.
What is The Cotton Club?
These items helped to promote music in a new way for listeners to enjoy music.
Jukebox and Radio