Forms and Structures
The name given to an AB structure
Binary
The Renaissance Period was between____ and ____
1450 - 1600
The same melodic material alternated between instruments
imitation
The main topic of music from the Middle Ages and Renaissance
God/religion
Happy Birthday
M2
The name given to an ABA structure
Ternary
The Middle Ages was between ____ and ____.
450 - 1450
Multiple tones per syllable of lyrics
Melisma
The name given to chords without the third.
Implied.
Greensleeves/Mr Whippy
m3
A form of melismatic church music from the Middle Ages
Gregorian Chant
Hildegard von Bingen was:
A benedictine abess (nun) who composed Gregorian Chants during the Middle Ages.
The same melodic material imitated in staggered entry
canon
Name two types of cadences, including the chords involved
Perfect - V - I
Plagal - IV - I
National Anthem
P4
The difference between a Motet and a Madrigal
Motet is sacred
Madrigal is secular.
High register male voice used in lieu of female singers during the Renaissance
Castrato
Melodic material that repeats up or down a tone
sequence
Name the MINOR modes
Dorian
Phrygian
Aeolian
Locrian
Take on Me
M7
A piece with no discernable sections
Through composed
Madrigals often used this technique to create interest in the work.
Word painting.
Chord V/V
Secondary dominant
Name the MAJOR modes
Ionian
Lydian
Mixolydian
Chopin Nocturne
M6