Natasha Leon Music class Study guide Study guide 1 1. Sound- begins with the vibration of an object‚ such as a table that is pounded or a string that is plucked or bowed. 2. Music- is part of this world of sound‚ an art based on the organization of sounds in time. 3. Pitch- is the relative highness or lowness that we hear in a sound. 4. Interval- "Distance" in pitch between any two tones. 5. How are vibration and pitch related? - The faster the vibrations‚ the higher the
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DBQ Middle Ages 1) There was great rebirth of literature and the art after a thousand of cultural sterility. Writers from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries related themselves to the Italian writers of the renaissance. These writes were apart of the middle ages. Also they turned for inspiration to the civilization of the Roman and Greek antiquity. 2) The use of this one term to refer to an age indicates the belief that all diverse phenomena at that age intellectual‚ artistic‚ religious
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Oxford Dictionary describes the word middle as‚ “at an equal distance from the endpoints of something; between.” When talking about history‚ the middle ages is the time between the fall of Rome and the Renaissance. During the middle ages‚ the way of life for people was very different than any other era. Daily life depended on wealth‚ power and social status. Having a feudal pyramid based on these categories made it easier for everyone at the time. The Medieval Church played a great role within medieval
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Nicole Williams MUS 110 IN2 Unit 2 Writing Assignment Some distinctive stylistic features of the Middle Ages were monophonic styles and polyphonic styles. Church modes were the scales of western music during the Middle Ages. They are like the major and minor scales that consist of seven tones and an eighth tone that duplicates the first octave higher. The Gregorian chant was the official music for the Roman Catholic Church for over a thousand years. The Gregorian chant has some elements
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The Middle Ages had many interesting characteristics concerning the literature of that time period. The important literary works “incorporated elements and values drawn from different and conflicting traditions (Patterson 1143). For every opinion‚ there was another opinion to counter it. Many of the pieces of literature at this time had contradictory ideas in them or had competing interests (Patterson 1144). The literature of this time shows us that “many people took the central doctrine of
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According to the reading‚ the religious practices and beliefs of the Late Middle Ages were more like brotherhoods. The reading says that the Brotherhood‚ especially in Urban‚ were usually organized around a craft guild.According to this the entire village practiced this and was all involved which made the community closer. The traditional Christianity religion was rising during this time. During this time were starting to play an important role during the late medieval religious life. The reading
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1100-1350 in the Middle Ages. Their type of music is infamous and diabolic songs of love. 4.What are the modes in Western music? Describe at least one mode in Western music. - They are a series of pitches that are commenly used to play music. One example would be Lydian. 5.What is polyphonic music? How does it differ from monophonic music? -Is a music that uses one or more independent melodies. The differences were Monophonic was conquerd in the starting of the middle ages and in other
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Education of the middle ages Education‚ as we know it today‚ did not exist in the Middle Ages. Illiteracy was dominant among the population. Scribes were the exception to the rule. Churches were the main source of knowledge and schooling. Real interest in learning grew along with the development of towns. The towns’ officials needed to be educated. At the same time a need for legal institutions was created and so started the university phenomenon. Modern education was on its way. There were
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Southern’s Middle Ages In the novel‚ “The Making of the Middle Ages‚” author‚ R.W. Southern‚ calls attention to the events during the years of 972 and 1204‚ and how they influenced the intellectual‚ religious and cultural traditions of our modern era. This period‚ lasting well over 200 years‚ is usually associated with waring knights and starving peasants rather than highly developed intellect and great innovation. However‚ Southern
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The Middle Ages was an interesting time period. All around the world things were happening‚ but the spotlight stayed on Europe. The Middle Ages was a period of insecurity‚ famine‚ and religious war. Christianity was the main focus of religion in the Middle Ages. As a system called Feudalism rose‚ many people turned toward God as a safe haven. For many people there was not much to live for. When the people died‚ they wanted to get to heaven to experience eternal happiness. In 1056 a.d. the Byzantine
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