MUSIC 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Emo, Gregorian Chant, Medieval Art
8 Sep 2016
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Diatonic: music that doesn"t make use of sharps or flats, mainly uses the main pitches (abcdefg) Tamber: the quality of a sound that distinguishes one instrument from another. After the renaissance period, musicians became obsessed with conveying meaning in their music. Medieval art was viewed as decorative, as well as music. The focus was on the lyrics which were often directly from the bible, because of this gregorian chant lacks emo- tion and seems disconnected. Played during the beginning of a mass. After the introit, a melismatic piece with longer passages of notes over syllables. Every three statements have the same melody: aaabbbcccd. A category of music of which more than one note are being sung at the same time. An intricate type of music, with more complex relationships between parts and be- came more popularly written as time went on and musicians earned more practice with notation.
