Composers
An instrument player AND maker; hand-build instruments during the medieval period
Who is Francesco Landini?
Music with one voice or instrument playing or singing at a time
What is monophonic music?
What is animal gut?
How music is written down and recorded on paper
What is notation?
An invention of the medieval period; a place of community, politics, and even religion, where people came together to drink a popular caffeinated beverage.
What are Coffee shops?
Invented sung solfege syllables used by musicians even today; hands are named after him.
Who is Guido de Arezzo?
Music with two or more voices playing or singing at a time
what is polyphonic music?
Family of instruments characterized by strings vibrating to make musical sounds
What are string instruments?
The speed of musical beats
What is tempo?
An invention of the medieval period: a method of using environmental wind energy by capturing it in big spinning sails.
What are windmills?
A nun, mathematician, philosopher, astronomer, and composer. The most prolific composer (that we know of) of the Medieval Period
Who is Hildegard von Bingen?
A style of music popular in the Medieval period; monophonic, vocal, medieval music
What is Gregorian Chant?
A family of instruments characterized by being struck or hit to make musical sounds
What are percussion instruments?
What are dynamics?
An event of the medieval period; a series of religious wars targeting Muslims
What are the crusades?
Pioneered polyphonic music; before his work, most medieval music was monophonic.
Who is PerotÃn?
The overall sound and feel of music; what instruments can be heard, how many instruments can be heard, the relationships between parts, etc.
What is timbre?
Bone, leather, gut, wood, fiber/thatch, metal
A descriptive term for music that is used by or for religious purpose
What is sacred?
An invention of the medieval period; a method of keeping time that did not rely on the sun or shadows
Who is Phillippe de Vitry?
New notation style pioneered by Phillipe de Vitry that contained better rhythmic information, more similar-looking to modern notation than previously-used neumes
What is Ars Nova?
A family of instruments played by using wind and either a mouthpiece or lips buzzing to make musical sounds
What are wind/woodwind/brass instruments?
A descriptive term for music used for any non-religious purpose; folk music, love songs, instrumental music, etc.
What is secular?
An invention of the medieval period; an explosive discovery that led to advancements on the battlefield and in hunting arms
What is gunpowder?