Music 1710F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Coptic Catholic Church, Visigoths, Guillaume De Machaut

• School: Western University
• Department: Music
• Course: Music 1710F/G
• Professor: Kate Helsen

Document Summary

Me die va l era : 4th - 14th ce ntury ce (c. 500 1400) Toda y"s s na ps hot: the a dve nt of mus ica l nota tion (mid-9th ce ntury) Plainchant (a ls o pla ins ong; la tin: ca ntus pla nus ) is a body of cha nts us e d in the liturgies of the we s te rn. P la ins ong is monophonic, cons is ting of a s ingle , una ccompa nie d me lodic line . Its rhythm is ge ne ra lly fre e r tha n the me te re d rhythm of la te r we s te rn mus ic. Ne uma tic nota tion re ma ins s ta nda rd in mode rn e ditions of pla incha nt. Unheightened (non-diastematic) (no pitche s , jus t ins truction) Heightened (diastematic) (s ta rting to write pitch)