NBCT Music Q&A Graded A

NBCT Music Q&A Graded A Antiquity monophonic homophonic polyphonic Pythagoras 476-1450; marked by fall of Rome one line with one sound melody with harmony multiple melodies weighed hammers to discover intervals Doctrine of Ethos musica mandana musica humana music has power to determine human behavior cosmic music movement of spirits inside humans musica instrumentalis music as it's defined today Characteristics of medieval chant strophic call and response, a cappella, male, no fixed meter, monophonic same melody, different words Ionian mode Dorian major scale f lat 3, flat 7 Phrygian Lydian f lat 2, 3, 6, 7 sharp 4 mixolydian Aeolian Locrian f lat 7 natural minor; flat 3, 6, 7 f lat 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 Guido of Arezzo troubadour inventor of solfege secular musician from southern France trouvere minnesinger organum secular musician from northern France secular musician from Germany medieval polyphony with precomposed Gregorian chant and one (or more) lines diabolus in musica vox principalis tritone original chant notated on top vox organalis harmony written P5 away classical singing timbre popular singing timbre 3 registers for men high palate, open sound, vibrato, pure vowel tones less vibrato, less palate control chest, head, falsetto 3 registers for women chest, middle, head