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Music Praxis- 5113 Latest Update 100% Pass Medieval Era 500-1450 Gregoarian Chant, masses, troubadours, no distinct meter, monophonic, organum, drone accompaniment, motet Machaut's Mess De Notre Dame wrote the first mass in Medieval Era Sections of the mass in order Kyrie Gloria Credo Sanctus Benedictus Agnus Dei Medieval Motet VS Renaissance Motet Medieval: a tenor line derived from plainchant with one or more upper voices in french or latin. Usually had a short, repeated rhythmic pattern ...

Music Content Knowledge (5113) Praxis II Exam with Complete Solutions 100% Verified Characteristics of Medieval Era - Correct Answer Dominated by vocal music. Sacred Music: Gregorian Chant and Masses. Secular Music: for dance and entertainment (Troubadours/Trouvères) Gregorian Chant - Correct Answer melodies that were free flowing with no distinct meter, melismatic, largely monophonic, and sung by unaccompanied voice or choir Organum - Correct Answer an early form of polyphony in which ...

Characteristics of Medieval Era - Dominated by vocal music. Sacred Music: Gregorian Chant and Masses. Secular Music: for dance and entertainment (Troubadours/Trouvères) Gregorian Chant - melodies that were free flowing with no distinct meter, melismatic, largely monophonic, and sung by unaccompanied voice or choir Organum - an early form of polyphony in which voices are sung in parallel motion Masses - important religious ritual and featured non-imitative polyphony Motet - polyphonic musi...

RCM History 10: Vocabulary| Exam Review 2025/2026| Approved 100% Questions with Verified Answers What is the defining feature of monophonic texture? A single line of melody with no harmony or accompaniment. What does polyphonic texture involve? Two or more independent melodic lines heard at the same time. How are modes distinguished from one another in music? By their unique order of half and whole steps. What were neumes used for in Western art music? The earliest notated sy...

Music Praxis- 5113 Latest 2024 Graded A+ Medieval Era 500-1450 Gregoarian Chant, masses, troubadours, no distinct meter, monophonic, organum, drone accompaniment, motet Machaut's Mess De Notre Dame wrote the first mass in Medieval Era Sections of the mass in order Kyrie Gloria Credo Sanctus Benedictus Agnus Dei Medieval Motet VS Renaissance Motet Medieval: a tenor line derived from plainchant with one or more upper voices in french or latin. Usually had a short, repea...

Music Content Knowledge (5113) Latest 2024 Graded A+ Antiquity 500AD - 500BC Medieval 500 - 1400 - Monophonic (plain chant) Renaissance - Polyphonic voice lines (motet & madrigal), added bass instruments Baroque - Counterpoint, small orchestras (flutes, oboes, horns, and violins), harpsichord and organ become more popular Classical - Strings, opera, symphony, and chamber music Romantic - More expressive, free-form, middle class music education, nationalis...

RCM History 10 Middle Ages| Music Theory Mock Rehearsal Exams| Questions and Verified Solutions 2025 Which term refers to the musical texture that was most common in the early Middle Ages, consisting of a single melody without accompaniment? Monophony. What is the name of the earliest form of notated Western art music, primarily used in the Christian church during the Middle Ages? Plainchant. Which of the following is a characteristic of Gregorian chant? A) Polyphonic texture ...

Medieval Era - 500-1450 Gregoarian Chant, masses, troubadours, no distinct meter, monophonic, organum, drone accompaniment, motet Machaut's Mess De Notre Dame - wrote the first mass in Medieval Era Sections of the mass in order - Kyrie Gloria Credo Sanctus Benedictus Agnus Dei Medieval Motet VS Renaissance Motet - Medieval: a tenor line derived from plainchant with one or more upper voices in french or latin. Usually had a short, repeated rhythmic pattern Renaissance: polyphonic set...

MUSIC CONTENT KNOWLEDGE (5113) EXAM | QUESTIONS & 100% CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADEA+ Antiquity Correct Answer: 500AD - 500BC Medieval Correct Answer: 500 - 1400 - Monophonic (plain chant) Renaissance Correct Answer: - Polyphonic voice lines (motet & madrigal), added bass instruments Baroque Correct Answer: - Counterpoint, small orchestras (flutes, oboes, horns, and violins), harpsichord and organ become more popular 2 Classical Correct Answer: - S...

WWHWWWH - major scale WHWWHWW - minor scale leading tone - vii soprano - B3-G6 mezzo soprano - G3-A5 Alto - E3-F5 Tenor - C3-B4 Bass - D2-E4 Organum - polyphony that is parallel, early middle ages Gregorian Chant - Guillaunme de Machaut Renaissance Period - John Dowland, William Byrd, Thomas Morley - Renaissance composersJosquin des Prés - master of polyphonic vocal music of the Renaissance period motet - vocal composition of Renaissance Baroque Period - Bach, Monteverdi, Handel...