MUAR 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Concertmaster, Baroque Dance, Brandenburg Concertos
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Example of a chorale texture: chorales are supposed to be very simple. In this example, there are 4 parts (satb texture), indicated by brackets on sheet music: syllabic text setting, homorhymic (all moving together rhythmically), it"s conjunct (the pitches are not far from each other, not for professional singers) Disjunct melody would have wide leaps in it, the intervals would be large (for professional singers) In the 16th century (renaissance), one of the things that martin luther wanted to encourage was more congregational singing (everyone singing together) Violin has a flat back, lute has a curved back. The ars nova was a type of music and musical notation invented in the 1300s. All of the music we use today (system of music) was invented then. It shows us pitch (how high or low the note you"re trying to play is) accurately, duration (short, beat,