| Term | Definition |
|---|
| french polyphonic song, especially of the middle ages and renaissance, set to either courtly or popular poetry | chanson |
| 15th century french composition, usually for 3 voices, some maybe be played by instruments | burgundian chanson |
| medieval poet musicians in southern france | troubadours |
| medievel poet musicians in northern france | trouveres |
| song structure in which the same music is repeated with every stanza of the poem | strophic form |
| medieval plucked string instrument similar to the modern zither, consisting of a sound box over which strings were stretched | psaltery |
| early folk instrument that resembles the psaltery, its strings are struck with hammers instead of being plucked | dulcimer |
| medieval bowed string instrument, ancestor of violin | vielle |
| 14th century french polyphonic musical style whose themes moved increasingly from religious to secular | ars nova |
| rondeau: medieval and renaissance fixed poetic form and chanson type with courtly love texts | fixed poetic form 1 |
| ballade: french poetic form and chanson type of the middle ages and renaissance with courtly love texts | fixed poetic form 2 |
| virelai: medieval and renaissance fixed poetic form and chanson type with french courtly texts | fixed poetic form 3 |
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