| Term | Definition |
|---|
| monophonic melody with freely flowing, unmeasured vocal line, | plainchant/plainsong/gregorian chant |
| single line texture, or melody without accompaniment | monophonic texture |
| early musical notation signs, square notes on a 4 line staff | neumes |
| scale or sequence of notes used as basis of a composition, major and minor are modes | modes |
| syllabic: melodic style with 1 note to each syllable of text Neumatic: melodic style with 2 to 4 notes set to each syllable melismatic: melodic style characterized by many notes sung to a single text syllable | text setting |
| proper: sections of roman cahtolic mass that vary from day to day throughout church year according to particular liturgical occasion ..... Ordinary: sections of roman catholic mass that remain the same from day to day throughout church year... Gradual: 4th item of Proper of the Mass, sung in melismatic style, and performed in responsorial manner in which soloists alternate with a choir | Mass: central service of roman catholic church |
| also know as call and response. Singing, especially in Gregorian chant, in which soloist or group of soloists alternates with the choir. It is a performance style with a singing leader who is imitated by chorus of followers 1. Verse: in liturgical music for Catholic Church, a phrase from the scriptures that alternates with the response 2. Respond/ Response: Short choral answer to a solo verse, an element of liturgical dialogue | responsorial songing |
| earliest kind of polyphonic music, developed from custom of adding voices above a plainchant. First ran parallel to it at interval of 5th or 4th and later moved more freely | organum |
| 2 or more melodic lines combines into a multivoiced texture | polyphonic texture |
| fixed pattern of long and short notes that is repeated or varied | rhythmic modes |
| organum in which tenor sings the melody in very long notes while the upper voices move freely and rapidly above it | organal style |
| term for a form of 12th century part writing known as organum | discant style |
| section of medieval organum in which textless contrapuntal parts are heard in strict rhythem with chant tune on which organum is based. | clausula |
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