Medieval Music Week 1

This was the first week of our music class. We started our topic with medieval rock, I was curious about medieval rock because I knew nothing about it and was not that interested into learning it. I would not have searched about medieval music unless teacher told us to.

Medieval Music is a type of music that appeared during the early 18th century. It is very slow and there are a lot of repetition in its melody. The music below is the medieval music that we observed and the slowness and repetition is shown in the song notes.

History-During the earlier medieval period, the liturgical genre, predominantly Gregorian chant, was monophonic. Polyphonic genres began to develop during the high medieval era, becoming prevalent by the later 13th and early 14th century. The development of such forms is often associated with the Ars nova. Medieval music eventually evolved into a new segment of music to be known today.

Texture- Gives a sacred and majestic feeling due to its slow, clear and soothing music. Yet on the other hand, it gives boredom.


Medieval Chant

Medieval music can be really, really boring yet it has some sort of magical presence that makes you feel sacred.

COMPARISON BETWEEN MEDIEVAL ROCK AND MEDIEVAL CHANT

Medieval Rock

- more close to today's current music selection

-has more sounds into it

-more romantisised 

Medieval Chant

-Slow

-Mostly used in churches or religious halls

-only one or two sounds in the whole song