Examples Of Monophonic Music During The Middle Ages

During the Middle Ages, the musical texture was monophonic. Monophonic texture means it has a single melodic line. Music during the Middle Ages was often only heard in the Roman Catholic church. The most popular musical style in the Roman Catholic Church was the Gregorian chant, named after Pope Gregory I who reigned from 590-604.Gregorian Chants are made up of monophonic melodies set to Latin text. Gregorian chants were unaccompanied and used to enhance the church service. Both medieval and renaissance periods witnessed great changes in music. Throughout the middle ages, advances in music were mainly driven by sacred music. An example of this would be the Gregorian chant becoming polyphonic when it was once monophonic. Over the centuries,