Music History
Characteristics of Medieval Music
Vocal music, sacred gregorian chant and masses, secular dance such as troubadors.
Episode
Passage that does not state the principal subject
Tonic
Supertonic
I
ii
Perfect Authentic Cadence
V-I
Gigue
Popular Baroque Dance, fugal style
early form of polyphony in which voices were sun in parallel motion.
Exposition
Section in which subjects are announced. In fugue, sonata, concerto.
Mediant
iii
Imperfect Authentic Cadence
V-I
String Quartet
2 violins, Viola, and cello
List the eras in order
Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionistic, modern
Fugue
Composition or section in which subject is answered or repeated by several parts
Subdominant
IV
Half Cadence
__-V
Toccata
Keyboard piece, free in form, that displays dexterity.
The ordinary mass
Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Benedictus, and Agnus Die
Hocket
Splitting up a melodic line into two voices.
Dominant
V
Plagal Cadence
IV-I
Augmentation
Statement of a melody in longer note values, often twice as slow as the original.
First mass by a known composer.
Mess de Notre Dame by Machaut
Slow dance in triple meter often emphasizing the second beat.
Submediant
Leading Tone
vi
vii
Deceptive Cadence
A cadence that creates the expectation of going to I, but substitutes another chord instead. vi, IV6, bVI and occasionally IV or V/ii.
Diminution
Note values are shortened, usually by half.