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Music Lesson 1

The document discusses the key elements of music from the Medieval period, including pitch, rhythm, melody, timbre, dynamics, texture, tempo, and form. It then focuses on the two main vocal music genres of the Renaissance period - the Mass and the Madrigal. The Mass set sacred texts to music and was polyphonic, while the Madrigal was a secular Italian form typically featuring 3-6 voices in a cappella compositions. Famous composers from the Renaissance period explored new styles and techniques during this era of exploration and innovation.

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Music Lesson 1

The document discusses the key elements of music from the Medieval period, including pitch, rhythm, melody, timbre, dynamics, texture, tempo, and form. It then focuses on the two main vocal music genres of the Renaissance period - the Mass and the Madrigal. The Mass set sacred texts to music and was polyphonic, while the Madrigal was a secular Italian form typically featuring 3-6 voices in a cappella compositions. Famous composers from the Renaissance period explored new styles and techniques during this era of exploration and innovation.

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9 Music

Grade

MUSIC OF THE
MEDIEVAL PERIOD
MU SI C 9 - LE SS ON 1

Teache
r mm
al elements
music

C C A N B E S E E N A S B E I N G T H E
THE ELEMENTS OF MUSI I C ( O F A N Y
W I T H O U T T H E M , M U S
BUILDING BLOCKS OF MUSIC. I T S E L F W O U L D
B E C A U S E S O U N D
STYLE/AGE) WOULD NOT EXIST
NOT EXIST!
pitch

1.
IS HOW HIGH OR L O W A N O T E S O U N D S .

A MELODY IS MAD E U P O F H I G H A N D
LOW PITCHED N O T E S P L A Y E D O N E
AFTER THE OTHER.
rhythm

DESCRIB E H O W L O N G O R S H O R T
A SO U N D I S . T H I S M E A N S
DES C R I B I N G T H E N O T E S O F
ANY GIV E N I N S T R U M E N T I N A
PIECE O F M U S I C A S M A I N L Y
LONG O R S U S T A I N E D , O R
SHORT.
melody

THE DE FI NI TIO N OF A ME LO DY IS
A SER IE S OF PI TC HES T HA T MAK E
A TUNE.

THE MELODY IS THE PART THAT


PEOPLE REMEMBER AND WILL SI NG
ALONG TO WHEN LISTENING.
timbre

TIM B R E I N M U S I C R E F E R S T O
TH E U N I Q U E S O U N D Q U A L I T Y O F
AN INSTRUMENT.

TIMBRE CAN ALSO BE


DESCRIBED USING THE TERM
TONE COLOR.
__________________.
dynamics

DY N A M I C S R E F E R S T O T H E V O L U M E
OF A PIECE OF MUSIC. MUSIC
CAN BE DESCRIBED AS LOUD, OR
SOFT, OR THERE COULD BE
GR A D U A L C H A N G E S F R O M L O U D T O
SOFT, OR SOFT TO LOUD,
DEPENDING ON THE PERFORMER’S
INTERPRETATION OF THE
MUSIC.__________________.
texture

TEXTURE IN MUSIC REFERS


TO THE NUMBER OF
INSTRUMENTS OR V OICES
THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE
OVERALL DENSITY OF THE
MUSIC.
po
em THE SPEED OF WHICH A
t
PIECE OF MUSIC SHOULD
BE PLAYED.

1. ADAGIO
2. ADANTE
3. MODERATO
O T E ?
T H I S A N 4. ALLEGRO
IS
binary

HAS TWO SECTIONS


(AB), THEN THESE TWO
SIMILAR SECTIONS THAT
ARE REPEATED
THROUGHOUT THE
SIMILAR PIECE.
MUSIC
OF THE
RENAIS
SANCE
YEAR 1 PERIOD
400 -
1700
FOR MU
renais

SICIAN
s

S
a

MEANS REBIRTH,

,
nc

T
e

REDISCOVER AND REVIVAL.


HIS IS
.
AN ERA OF EXPLORATION,
DISCOVERY AND
INNOVATION.
te rist ics o f
ch ar a c
s an c e m u sic
re na is
ME LO DI C LI NE S MO VE IN A
1. MOSTLY POLYPHONIC 6.
FLOWING MANNER
2. IMITATATION AMONG
VOICES IS COMMON 7. MELODIES ARE EASIER TO
PERFORM BECAUSE THESE MOVE
3. USE OF WORD PAINTING IN
ALONG A SCALE WITH A FEW
TEXT AND MUSIC
LARGE LEAPS
us ic of th e
2 vocal m
e pe rio d
renaissanc

1. MASS
2. MADRIGAL
mass

IS A FO RM OF S AC R ED MU S IC A L
COMPOSIT IO N TH A T S ET TE X TS OF
THE EU CH A RI ST IC LI T UR G Y I NT O
MUSIC.
character
istics of
mass

1. POLYPHONIC
2. MAYBE SUN G AC A PE L LA OR
WITH ORCHESTRAL
ACCOMPANIMENT
3. TEXT MAY BE S YL L AB I C,
NEUMATIC OR M EL I SM A TI C.
5 main sect
ions of
mass

1. KYRIE (LORD HAVE M E RC Y U P ON U S …. ) ,


2. GLORIA (GL OR Y B E T O TH E E … . ),
REDO (I BE LI EV E I N G OD T H E F A T HE R …. ),
3. C
4. SANCTUS AND BE NE DI C T U S ( H O L Y, H O LY ,
HOLY….)
F G OD … ) . TH E W OR DS
5. AGNUS DEI (O LAMB O
OF THE MASS THAT AR E N O T F R O M T H E
ORDINARY ARE C A LL E D T H E PR O P E R
madrigal

A SECULAR VOC AL PO LY PH ON IC MU SI C
COMPOSITI ON TH AT OR IG IN AT ED FR OM
ITALY.

IT IS WRIT TEN AND EX PR ES SE D IN A


POETIC TE XT AND SUN G DU RI NG S OCI AL
COURTLY GATHERINGS.

IT IS THE MOS T IM PO RT AN T SE CU LA R
FORM DURI NG TH E RE NA IS SA NC E PE RI OD.
ter istic s of
charac
l m us ic
madriga

POLYPHONIC
SUNG ACAPELLA
THOROUGHLY COMPOSED
FREQUENTLY IN 3 TO 6
VOICES
famous composers of
the renaissance period
famous composers of
the renaissance period
that's a wrap.
And

WELL DONE!

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