MUSI 1001- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 25 pages long!)
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>the beat > pitch: single sound in the music. Texture: forte (f)= loud mezzo forte (mf)= medium loud pianissimo (pp)= very soft fortissimo (ff)= very loud. Scale= collection of pitches moving in stepwise motion. Dynamics- changes [often] in volume piano (p)= soft mezzo piano (mp)=medium soft: monophonic- single line of music, one melody, sung or played, in unison, no harmony/ accompaniment, polyphonic- more than one sounding melodic line. Plainchant= unaccompanied, monophonic (one line), no harmony, unmetered, no time signature. Organum= 1st genre of polyphonic music, existing plainchant and new lines of music. Chanson= french poem set to music; favorite topic was courtly love (usually. Secular music at court: a man in love with an unattainable woman) For example- (cid:494)stomp(cid:495)- popular kind of dance music at royal court parties. Homophonic/imitative: guillame de fey- court musician, paraphrase technique (combines elements of various national styles) Litgury- mass ordinary texts every single day. Paraphrase mass= each section based on the same plainchant.
