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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT MUSIC-TEST2 EXAM
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-Guarantee passing score -62 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: polyphonic vocal genre, secular in the middle ages but not sacred or devotional thereafter
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motet Question 2: medieval category of loud instruments, used mainly for outdoor occasions, as distinct from bas, or soft instruments
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haut Question 3: typifies the tradition of the courtly troubadour. The son of a "poor knight" from Provence, in southern france. As a young man he entered the service of the marquis of Montferrat
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Raimbaut de Vaqueiras
Question 4: 11.4
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the later middle ages saw the rise of cities, cathedrals, and great works of art and literature
Question 5: keypoint 11.3
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much of the surviving music from the middle ages is religious, or sacred, because of the sponsorship (Patronage) of the church
Question 6: choral music performed without instrumental accompaniment
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a cappella
Question 7: kepoint 11.2
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the early christian church and the state were the centers of powers during this time Question 8: expanded the dimensions of organum by increasing the number of voice parts, first to three and then to four
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Perotin
Question 9: lively, triple meter french court dance
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galliard Question 10: sections of the roman catholic mass that remain the same from day to day throughout the church year, as distinct from the Proper, which changes daily according to the liturgical occasion
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ordinary
Question 11: early brass instrument, ancestor of the trombone
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sackbut
Question 12: keypoint 11
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The middle ages span nearly one thousand years Question 13: "fixed Melody", usually of very long notes, often based on a fragment of Gregorian chant that served as the structural basis for a polyphonic composition, particularly in the renaissance
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cantus firmus
Question 14: 12.1
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many world cultures use a kind of chant, a monophonic melody, in their worship Question 15: earliest kind of polyphonic music, which developed from the custom of adding voices above a plainchant; they first ran parallel to it at the interval of a fifth or fourth and later moved more freely
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organum
Question 16: melodic style with one note to each syllable of text
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syllabic Question 17: singing, especially in gregorian chant, in which a soloist or a group of soloists alternates with the choir
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responsorial singing
Question 18: stately renaissance court dance in duple meter
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pavane
Question 19: 12.6
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the paris cathedral of notre dame was a center for organum, the earliest type of polyphony, with two,three, or four voice parts sung in fixed rhythmic patterns Question 20: renaissance polyphonic style in which the motives move from line to line within the texture, often overlapping one another
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continuous imitation
Question 21: early musical notation signs; square notes on a four-line staff
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neumes Question 22: medieval category of soft instruments, usually principally for indoor occasions, as distinct from haut, or loud instruments
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bas Question 23: sections of the Roman catholic mass that vary from day to day throughout the church year according to the particular liturgical occasion, as distinct from the particular liturgical occasion, as distinct from the Ordinary, in which they remain the same
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proper Question 24: fixed rhythmic patterns of long and short notes, popular in the thirteenth century
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rhythmic modes Question 25: the first composer of polyphonic music whose name is known. he compiled the great book of organum.
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leonin