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Medieval music was roughly between which years?
1400 - 1750 AD
500 BC - 500 AD
500 - 1400 AD
1750 - 1830 AD
Which term means "one single line of music"?
STEREOPHONIC
POLYPHONIC
HOMOPHONIC
MONOPHONIC
Another word for Gregorian Chant is...
CANTATA
PLAINSONG
OSTINATO
SINGSONG
A single melodic line with other voice parts added for decoration was called...
ORGANIC
ORGANUM
ORIGAMI
OREGANO
Who was Gregorian Chant named for?
GREG'S DIARY
POPE GREGORY THE GREAT
GREGORY PECK
GUIDO THE MONK
A long melodic passage sung to a single syllable of text...
SYLLABIC
NEUMATIC
MELISMATIC
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.
PLAYED INSTRUMENTAL DANCES ON HARPS, FIDDLES AND LUTES.
ALL OF THE ABOVE.
LIVED ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF SOCIETY.
The notation of the secular songs of the Middle Ages does not indicate...
RHYTHM
ANY OF THE ABOVE
PITCH
DURATION
Secular songs of the Middle Ages usually dealt with...
ALL OF THE ABOVE
CRUSADES
LOVE
SPINNING
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.
FALSE
TRUE
What is a chansonnier?
A SPANISH OR PORTUGUESE MONOPHONIC SONG.
AN INSTRUMENT PLAYED BY TROUVÈRES.
A TREATISE WRITTEN BY ALFONSO THE WISE.
A BOOK OF SONGS.