Quiz 2 definitions

Cantus firmus vs. paraphrase mass

Choirbook format

Large book so everyone can see, NOT in score format

Consonance (Medieval vs. Renaissance)

Harmonious: Medieval: Perfect intervals Renaissance: 3rds and 6ths

Consort

Family of instruments in all different sizes

Pavane

Slower duple meter, AABBCC

Galliard

triple meter, faster pavane in form AABBCC

Homophonic

All voices move together in the same rhythm at the same time (you can hear the words they are saying)

Initiative counterpoint

One melodic idea is introduced and then repeated by subsequent voices (can be in a different pitch or rhythm)

Point of imitation

The motive that is the subject of imitation by other voices

Madrigal

Italian poetic form,, secular, use word painting music to text

Musica Ficta (2)

Raising or lowering a note by a semitone, now it can also mean sharps or flats above the note in a score written in by editors to show where a note was probably raised or lowered to avoid a tritone

Printing Methods

Movable type (each note had a block created slight separation between the lines fo each note, harder to read

Triple impressiOne

Three passes developed by Petrucci staff notes words/florid initials

Renaissance

Means rebirth, in between medieval and baroque periods. Characterized by humanism

Tablature

Notation for plucked string instruments, tells player where to place fingers on strings rather than what notes will result

Text Painting

Music gestures reinforce suggested images in text. Ex. Rising melodic line on the word ascend