Medieval Music. Diego

Society

Economics

Feudalism

Church

Warriors

Kings and lords

Religion

Church

Christianism

Islam

Chronology

V century - XV century

Religious

Gregorian chant

Monophony

Latin

Mole choir

4 modals

No religious / secular

XI - XIII century

Trouveres

Different countries

France

Germany

Western europe

They do the 1st musical piece

Love songs

Hadam de la Halle

The most famous troubador ever

Inventor of the motet

A piece of music where two or more different verses are fit together simultaneously without regard to harmony.

It began in the 8th century to keep and fix all the Gregorian chant repertoire

Evolution

Neumes, symbols imitating the wavy movement of the hand while conducting the choir.

Dots that represent how low or high every pitch is. Firstly they were written without lines and then lines were added to represent how low or high these pitches were.

Square notation: Dots became rectangles so that the rhytmic modes could be written.

Chronology

XI century

Florid organum

Melismatic

Melody added above

The Gregorian chant

Monophonic

Polyphonic

There were 3 different types of instruments, like nowadays

Stringed

Harp, fidole...

Percussion

Drum, cymble...

Wind

Flute, pipe...

There also were two types

Indoor instruments

The RECORDER

The PSALTERY

Outdoor instruments

The BAGPIPES

There were 4 different types of dances

Circle dances

Court dances

Line dances

Country dances