Melismatic - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

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...

Rhythm Section - ANS One chord instrument, one bass instrument and one percussive instrument to provide steady rhythm and harmonic support. Horns - ANS Wind instrument. Provides harmonic support. Adds volume and power to the texture of the song. Strings - ANS Violins, cellos, violas. Provides harmonic support. Adds sustain and smoothness to the texture of the song. Backbeat, rolling rhythm - ANS Placing a strong accent on offbeats. Swing - ANS Dominant form of American...

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...

Practice test questions RCM History 10 Part II| Q&A 2025/2026 Name 3 styles of text setting used in Gregorian chant (1) syllabic neumatic melismatic Which of the following composers is associated with the Classical style and is often referred to as the "Father of the Symphony"? Joseph Haydn Ludwig van Beethoven Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Franz Schubert Who composed the opera *The Magic Flute*, one of the most famous operas of the Classical period? Ludwig van Beethoven ...

Praxis II: 5114 Latest 2023 Graded A+ Gregorian Chant no distinct meter/freeflowing, melismatic and largely monophonic (unaccompanied) Organum early polyphony with parallel motion, based on cantus firmus, improvised duplicating original melody Renaissance Era polyphony, refined musical notation, complete masses by single composer, use of greek modes, clarity of vocal lines, harmonic consonance, imitative counterpoint and expressivity Ordinary Mass 6 parts - kyrie, gloria, credo, sanctus, bene...

Repertoire International des Sources Musicales Online correct answers a musical database founded in Paris in 1952; nonprofit that documents musical sources from around the world RILM Abstracts of Music Literature correct answers aka Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale, an international database focused on scholarship from around the world relating to any aspect of musical discipline Characteristics of Music in the Medieval Era correct answers 5th-15th c. dominated by vocal mu...

Rhythm Section - ANSWEROne chord instrument, one bass instrument and one percussive instrument to provide steady rhythm and harmonic support. Horns - ANSWERWind instrument. Provides harmonic support. Adds volume and power to the texture of the song. Strings - ANSWERViolins, cellos, violas. Provides harmonic support. Adds sustain and smoothness to the texture of the song. Backbeat, rolling rhythm - ANSWERPlacing a strong accent on offbeats. Swing - ANSWERDominant form of American popular musi...

MUSIC CONTENT KNOWLEDGE (5113) PRAXIS II EXAM | QUESTIONS & 100% CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADEA+ 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 Answ...

Notre dame organum and Machaut Question and answers correctly solved Notre dame organum and Machaut Leonin and Perotin - correct answer Leaders in the Notre Dame School. Both involved with the development of early polyphony. Notre Dame School - correct answer First polyphonic music composed with measured rhythem = Leonin and Perotin are composers Organum - correct answer Medieval polyphony that consists of Gregorian chant and one or more additional melodic lines discant style -...

Music Content Knowledge 5113 Praxis performance Exam Questions with Verified Answers 2024 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 polyphon...