Forms and Structures
Composers and History
Compositional Techniques
Period Characteristics
100

Structure in music is:

How a piece is organised into sections


100

Who is this?

Hildegard von Bingen

100

Playing the same thing at the same time

Unison

100

The main topic of music from the Middle Ages and Renaissance

God/religion

200

The name given to an ABA structure

Ternary

200

The Renaissance Period was between____ and ____

1450 - 1600

200

Multiple tones per syllable of lyrics

Melisma

200

Middle Ages precursors to major and minor scales

Modes

300

A religious vocal piece with multiple voices

Motet

300

The Middle Ages was between ____ and ____.

450 - 1450

300

The same melodic material alternated between instruments

imitation


300

Two chord patterns that end a piece or a section of a piece

cadence
400

A form of melismatic church music from the Middle Ages

Gregorian Chant

400

Hildegard von Bingen was:

A benedictine abess (nun) who composed Gregorian Chants during the Middle Ages.

400

The same melodic material imitated in staggered entry

canon

400

Relating to sacred texts

liturgical

500

A piece with no discernable sections

Through composed

500

Pronounce Josquin Des Prez correctly

Yoscaan de pray

500

Melodic material that repeats up a tone

ascending sequence

500

Name the seven modes

Ionian

Dorian

Phrygian

Lydian

Mixolydian

Aeolian

Locrian