Medieval Rock week 3

Today is week 3 and today we did the keywords for the task sheet. All the keywords are listed here.

• Medieval Music- A genre of music during the medieval times from the 18th century. This music transitioned to the current rock and roll

• Rock music structure form- The structure of rock music in a older form

• Gregorian Chant-church music sung as a single vocal line in free rhythm and a restricted scale (plainsong), in a style developed for the medieval Latin liturgy.

• Syncopated bass lines-a temporary displacement of the regular metrical accent in music caused typically by stressing the weak beat.

• Plainsong-unaccompanied church music sung in unison in medieval modes and in free rhythm corresponding to the accentuation of the words, which are taken from the liturgy.

• Augmented & Diminished chords-our basic triads (major, minor, augmented, diminished). They are all tertian, which means defined by the root, a third interval, and a fifth interval.

• Madrigal-a secular vocal music composition, usually a partsong, of the Renaissance and early Baroque eras

• Through composed- the music is relatively continuous, non-sectional, and/or non-repetitive. A song is said to be through-composed if it has different music for each stanza of the lyrics.

• Neume-the basic element of Western and Eastern systems of musical notation prior to the invention of five-line staff notation.

• Latin lyrical text-a formal type of poetry which expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person

• Word painting-is the musical technique of writing music that reflects the literal meaning of a song.

• Rock music Genres- types of rock music ranging from old to new

• Polyphonic- in two or more parts, each having a melody of its own; contrapuntal.

• Motet- is a highly varied choral musical composition. The motet was one of the pre-eminent polyphonic forms of Renaissance music.

• Mode-the value that appears most often in a set of data. The mode of a discrete probability distribution is the value x at which its probability mass function takes its maximum value.

• Ostinato-a continually repeated musical phrase or rhythm.

• Drone- is a bass note held (or repeated) throughout a passage of music. A pedal is a single note that is held on or repeated in the bass.

Medieval Rock week 2

In the second week of our medieval rock music, Ms, Lisa, our music teacher was absent. Therefore, we did this task.

Here are my answers.
1) Medieval music is a genre or music from the 18th century created my Sir. Gregory. It has manipulated its properties and means throughout these years and advanced to other types of music.
2)Rock music is another genre of music in the 19th century. This music is usually quite loud and played by guitars, drums and many more. Elvis Presley is one of the famous artists of this genre.
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Medieval Music

• Old, basic and brought from a few centuries ago
• Slow, not much input in the instruments
• very focused on the vocals

Rock music

• Loud and roll
• Many instrument jumbled together 
• More exciting and fun to hear

Similarities

• Both are music
• have a rhythm
• played with instruments and also sang

Evolution of medieval music

The early Christian church derived their music from existing Jewish and Byzantine religious chant. Like all music in the Western world up to this time, plainchant was monophonic: that is, it comprised a single melody without any harmonic support or accompaniment. Sometime during the ninth century, music theorists in the Church began experimenting with the idea of singing two melodic lines simultaneously at parallel intervals, usually at the fourth, fifth, or octave. This eventually led to the makng of popular music and then transitioned to the music today.