during the middle ages was sacred or secular? sacred 6. Was most medieval music vocal? yes 7. What is Gregorian Chant? Discuss its origin‚ texture‚ melody‚ rhythm‚ text. How did it receive its name? What is its purpose? Music to which portions of the Roman Catholic service are sung by unaccompanied voices singing in unison. The melodies of Gregorian chant are commonly sung a cappella and in unison by men and boys‚ or by women in female religious institutions such as convents. The rhythm
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Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) was one of the major composers during the Baroque period. He was Italian‚ born in Venice. He is recognized as one of the most influential composers of the time‚ and his influence was widespread across Europe. Throughout his childhood he had health problems related to breathing. This kept him from playing wind instruments‚ however he learned how to play the violin. As a result of this‚ most of his compositions were made for string instruments. At the age of 15‚ Vivaldi
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For my summer reading project I chose Melody. For this project we had to pick three symbols for our poster. The three symbols I included were a Mello Yello can‚ the cerebral palsy symbol‚ and a brain. I chose a Mello Yello can because that was Melody’s favorite drink. She loved it so much that she was nicknamed “Mello Yello”. In the book it stated “Mello Yello was my favorite. Mrs. V even started calling me that.” (Draper‚ pg. 44). This was important because she loved being called this. I placed
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This tune features Trumbauer on the (C-melody saxophone)‚ Walter Zurawski (trumpet)‚ Herb Carlin (trumpet)‚ Art Weiss (trombone)‚ Stuart Williams (reeds)‚ Marvin Thatcher (tenor sax)‚ Myron Fischer (violin)‚ Don Bestor (piano)‚ Joseph Miller (banjo)‚ Pierre Olker (tuba)‚ George Brommerberg (drums) and composed by Norman Jay Harvey. As reviewed by Ted Gioia‚ “Trumbauer stretches out for a full chorus solo on his C-melody sax‚ and his mixture of melodicism and light swing was different
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and the concert band performed four pieces. The first song played was Pippin. At the beginning of the song not everyone was playing the same dynamic‚ but when it got to the first transition everyone was balanced. After there was a new melody‚ there were occasional parts when one section stood out more. Those sections eventually fixed their dynamic. The next dynamic that could have been fixed was‚ the trumpets could have played a little bit quieter whenever they made a new entrance. After
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Gregorian Chant? Discuss its origin‚ texture‚ melody‚ rhythm‚ text. How did it receive its name? What is its purpose? The Gregorian Chant was a melody set to sacred latin texts and sung without accompaniment. It had no rhythm and it conveyed a calm‚ otherworldly quality. The “rhythm’ was flexible‚ without meter‚ and had little sense of beat‚ precise time values were not notated. It seemed as if it was a floating‚ almost improvisational character. The melodies moved by step within narrow ranges of pitches
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magnificent feeling. The basic motif appears on the 2nd beat in measure 8‚ this is centre idea of the piece which will appear throughout the piece. The violin‚ violas and cellos plays main melody in theme I in r1 (rehearsal unit 1) as the piano accompany with arpeggios. The first theme contains 2 melodies as shown below. (Figure 2) Piano enters Theme b at r.3‚ this is the shows tone-colour changes that a concerto may express and Rachmaninoff frequently used tone-colour changes in his concerto.
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of the song up but there appears to be less beats per measure. The texture gives the song a simple and clear feeling and melody. The homophonic texture in the song highlights the melody played. The melody in 22 appears to be disjunct as her vocals range from low to high. In the video 12:52 is a good example of Taylor Swift using the disjunct melody. I feel that her use of melody gives the song depth and provides an upbeat feeling for the listener. I found that the main instrumentation in the song
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audience engaged‚ but Louis Armstrong’s melodies were enough to captivate his audience: He proved that a single improviser can be enough in a band. help developed the 8th note swing pattern extended the expected range (lowest to highest note) of the trumpet Often improvise a melody-like line that was so compatible to chord changes that you think it’s the original melody of the song. As a vocalist‚ he was one of the first musicians who wouldn’t sing a melody straight‚ he also influenced many
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The Oldest Melody Known to Man Hurrian Cult Hymn For many years there has been debate on the history of music. Did it begin with animals and nature‚ mimicked by humans using vocal chords? Did it begin with an accident of some prehistoric person hitting something‚ creating a pleasing sound? Did it begin between mother and child long before words were formed? When did instruments come in? The oldest instruments discovered are flutes made from animal bones made between 35‚000 and
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