Medieval music was roughly between which years?
500 BC - 500 AD
500 - 1400 AD
1400 - 1750 AD
1750 - 1830 AD
Which term means "one single line of music"?
POLYPHONIC
HOMOPHONIC
STEREOPHONIC
MONOPHONIC
Another word for Gregorian Chant is...
SINGSONG
OSTINATO
PLAINSONG
CANTATA
A single melodic line with other voice parts added for decoration was called...
ORGANUM
OREGANO
ORIGAMI
ORGANIC
Who was Gregorian Chant named for?
GREGORY PECK
GUIDO THE MONK
POPE GREGORY THE GREAT
GREG'S DIARY
A long melodic passage sung to a single syllable of text...
MELISMATIC
SYLLABIC
NEUMATIC
DIRECT
Having one note sung to each syllable of text...
In chant, having about two or three notes sung to each syllable of text...
Adjective describing a manner of performance in which two or more groups alternate:
ANTIPHONAL
RESPONSORIAL
Pertaining to a manner of performing chant in which a soloist alternates with a group:
Pertaining to a manner of performing chant without alternation between groups or between soloist and group:
The wandering minstrels, or jongleurs, of the Middle Ages...
PERFORMED MUSIC AND ACROBATICS IN CASTLES, TAVERNS AND TOWN SQUARES.
LIVED ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF SOCIETY.
PLAYED INSTRUMENTAL DANCES ON HARPS, FIDDLES AND LUTES.
ALL OF THE ABOVE.
The notation of the secular songs of the Middle Ages does not indicate...
RHYTHM
PITCH
DURATION
ANY OF THE ABOVE
Secular songs of the Middle Ages usually dealt with...
CRUSADES
SPINNING
LOVE
ALL OF THE ABOVE
A new secular music for aristocratic courts began with the troubadours in southern France and spread to northern France, where the poet-musicians were called trouvères.
TRUE
FALSE
What is a chansonnier?
A SPANISH OR PORTUGUESE MONOPHONIC SONG.
A BOOK OF SONGS.
A TREATISE WRITTEN BY ALFONSO THE WISE.
AN INSTRUMENT PLAYED BY TROUVÈRES.