Age of Exploration Music

Cantus Firmus

• fixed melody

• polyphonic melody

• counterpoint

• monophonic melody

Rules governing Cantus Firmus?

• length of about 8-16 notes, all whole notes- arythmic

• all quarter notes, monophonic, begin with si end with ti, no notes above or below lines

• begin and end on do, one climax (high point)

• all measures have tied suspensions, leading note progresses to tonic

minims

• quarter notes

• tied notes

• whole notes

• half notes

semibreves

• minims

• whole notes

• half notes

• quarter notes

How many species of counterpoint are there?

• 5

• 3

• 8

• 9

crotchets

• minims

• half notes

• tied notes

• quarter notes

What is the fourth species of counterpoint?

• tied notes creating suspensions

• semibreves

• whole notes

• minims

What is the fifth species of counterpoint composed of?

• suspended notes

• minims, crotchets

• semibreves

• tied notes

What are the five parts of mass in order?

• Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, Credo, Agnus Dei

• Agnus Dei, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Kyrie

• Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei

• Sanctus, Agnus Dei, Credo, Gloria, Kyrie

counterpoint

• two or more melodic lines complement one another but act independently

• polyphony

• 5 species

• all forms of melodies: monophony, polyphony, homophony