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Music History Quiz 1
Quiz one
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Music
Undergraduate 2
08/30/2009

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Term
mousike
Definition
greek word for music, associated with the 9 muses
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aulos
Definition
ancient greek oboe, double pooped
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orchestra
Definition
area in front of the stage where the singers sang (chorus)
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tetrachord
Definition
a series of four tones in the GPS
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conjunct/disjunct
Definition
when the two tetrachords share a note, they are conjunct, when they don't they are disjunct
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genus
Definition
another name for the tetrachord
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diatonic genus
Definition
tetrachord unaltered
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chromatic genus
Definition
tetrachord with a note altered by a half step
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enharmonic genus
Definition
tetrachord with a note altered w/a quarter tone
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proper of the mass
Definition
the parts of a catholic mass that change from mass to mass
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ordinary of the mass
Definition
parts of a catholic mass that are the same from mass to mass
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melismatic
Definition
one syllable ornamentation
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neumatic
Definition
ornamentation on a syllable limited to 2-6 notes
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syllabic
Definition
each syllable has its own note
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responsorial
Definition
solo line followed by group response (vice versa)
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antiphonal
Definition
groups singing (sometimes in stereo effect)
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psalm tone
Definition
repetitive form monks would plug texts into (recitation formula)
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intonation
Definition
lead up to reciting tone (one repeated note to fit the text)
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mediant
Definition
slight variant in the middle of reciting tone
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termination
Definition
cadence ending on the final
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trope
Definition
addition of new music or new text to a chant
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troubadour
Definition
entertainers of southern france
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trouvere
Definition
entertainers of northern france
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florid organum
Definition
sustained note in bottom and long melisma in top
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discant
Definition
more neumatic, top voice three notes for each bottom voice note
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rhythmic modes
Definition
1st rhythmic notation
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substitute clausula
Definition
substitute sections of polyphony added to books at the end
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motet
Definition
the added text to the long melismas in the discant so it has meaning
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tenor
Definition
chant bearing voice
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ars nova
Definition
innovative time signatures
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mensurations
Definition
time signatures
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isorhythms
Definition
repetition in the tenor part
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talea
Definition
repetition in the rhythm
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color
Definition
repetition in the melody
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hocket
Definition
alternating measures of two voices
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formes fixes
Definition
standard forms in ars nova
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rondeau
Definition
ABaAabAB, has the distinguishing A in the middle
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ballade
Definition
aabCaabCaabC three parts, more variety
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virelai
Definition
AbbaAbbaA
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ars subtilior
Definition
more subtle art, rhythmically complex (triple vs. duple meter)
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trecento
Definition
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