Music of the Middle Ages

​Music of the Middle Ages - Unit 3

This week:

All of Units 1, 2 and most of Unit 3

3.4.4 - Due Today

3.5.2 - Due tomorrow - We will review in class and then I will open the quiz

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Multiple Choice

What was the official music of the Roman Catholic church?

• Neume

• Monophonic Plainchant

• Free Meter

• Latin Liturgy

Multiple Choice

Early music notation used in Gregorian Chant was called?

• Neume

• Monophonic

• Troubadours

• Trouvere

Multiple Choice

What were the traveling performers of secular music called in the Medieval era?

• Neume

• Modal

• Pope Gregory

• Troubadours

Multiple Choice

What institution dominated the Middle Ages?

• Government

• Upper Class

• Christian Church

• Peasant Class

Multiple Choice

The term Renaissance comes from the word renaitre which means ________.

• Death

• Rebirth

• Dark ages

• Pear of Irregular shape

Multiple Choice

-any of various symbols used in the notation of Gregorian chant

• Mass

• Madrigal

• Litogryph

• Neumes

Multiple Select

For most of the Medieval Period, was there any music that was written down?

• Yes

• No

• Possibly

Multiple Choice

Who was a famous female composer of the Medieval Period?

• Taylor Swift

• Michael Miller

• Hildegard von Bingen

• Clara Schumann

Staff - 5 lines, 4 spaces

Notes - whole

half

quarter

eighth

ledger lines

treble clef

bass clef​

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​Music Theory

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​Pianissimo pp very soft

Piano p soft

Mezzo piano mp Medium soft

Mezzo forte mf Medium loud

Forte f Loud

Fortissimo ff Very loud​

Dynamics can range from very, very soft to very, very loud.

-These ranges are based off of two important Italian words – piano and forte

- If a composer wants the music to gradually get louder they will use a crescendo marking (<)

-          If a composer wants the music to gradually get softer, they will use a decrescendo marking (>)

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Dynamics

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​Refers to the speed of the beat.

Tempo can be slow, fast or somewhere in the middle.

Italian terms to describe the various speeds the composer intended​.

​Some text here about the topic of discussion.

​Tempo

This week:

All of Units 1, 2 and most of Unit 3

3.4.4 - Due Today

3.5.2 - Due tomorrow - We will review in class and then I will open the quiz

Are you reading the study guides/taking notes?​

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