BB 17-19

Music with no strict meter or accompaniment, sung by a single voice or unison choir

• plainsong

• parallel organum

• motet

• madrigal

Music that portrays the meaning of the words of the text

• madrigal

• motet

• neumes

• word painting

Polyphonic choral compositions based on sacred texts

• motets

• madrigals

• plainchants

• neumes

Nonreligious polyphonic vocal works in several parts (usually 5)

• madrigals

• motets

• neumes

• chorales

Markings over or under the text to signal pitch changes

• neumes

• diacritic marks

• dynamics

• articulations

A composition for solo voice and piano

• art song

• symphonic poem

• music drama

• aria

A work in several movements for one or more instruments

• sonata

• orchestra

• scherzo

• rondo

A vigorous and sometimes lighthearted movement in triple meter with a middle section or trio

• scherzo

• sonata

• rondo

• minuet

German art songs

• lieder

• krankenwagen

• singspiel

• coda

A section of a concerto in which all the instruments and/or voices perform together

• scherzo

• rondo

• tutti

• coda