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    Hildegard of Bingen composed "Ordo Virtutum" in 1151, using chanting to tell a story about the human soul struggling with and overcoming temptations with help from virtues and God. The piece features chanting vocals and harp music. It teaches that the soul can resist devil's temptations through faith. Guido d'Arezzo invented the modern musical staff notation in the medieval era to replace previous systems and also developed solfège syllables like do-re-mi. Gregorian chant is used for Roman Catholic rites while Ambrosian chant is used for Milanese rites, though they are musically similar, with Ambrosian chant using more vibrato

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    Hildegard of Bingen composed "Ordo Virtutum" in 1151, using chanting to tell a story about the human soul struggling with and overcoming temptations with help from virtues and God. The piece features chanting vocals and harp music. It teaches that the soul can resist devil's temptations through faith. Guido d'Arezzo invented the modern musical staff notation in the medieval era to replace previous systems and also developed solfège syllables like do-re-mi. Gregorian chant is used for Roman Catholic rites while Ambrosian chant is used for Milanese rites, though they are musically similar, with Ambrosian chant using more vibrato

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    Week One of Writing The Textbook: Composer: Date Concept Illustrated Synopsis

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    Weekoneofwritingthetextbook

    BookChapter1
    Title:EarlyMusic(HildegardofBingen)

    OrdoVirtutum

    Composer:
    HildegardvonBingen(10981179)

    Date
    :1151

    ConceptIllustrated
    :Chanting

    Synopsis:
    Inthislisteningexample,HildegardvonBingenuseschantingmusictocreateastoryaboutthe
    humansoulandthestruggleofovercomingtemptationsoftheworld.Asoulcomesbeforethe
    Virtuestobeaccepted,howevertheVirtuescanonlyhelpthesoulinfightingthetemptationswhich
    theSoulmuststillovercome.Thesoulbelievesshecannolongerresistandturnstothedevil.But
    theVirtuesareabletoworktogetherwiththehelpofgodtoreturnandhelpthesoulconquerthe
    devil.

    WhatIHeard:
    Chanting(maleandfemale),harp

    WhatIlearnedthatwasnew:
    Thethemeinthispiecerepresentsthehumansoulovercomingtemptationswiththehelpofgod.In
    generalchantingmusicisusedforreligiouspurposes.

    Terms:
    Pitchthepitchofanotevaluereferstohowhighorlowthenotesoundsare
    DynamicLevel
    Frequencymeasurementofthenumberoftimesthatarepeatedeventoccursperunitoftime.
    Tonequalityofamusicalnoteorsoundthatdistinguishesdifferenttypesofsoundproduction
    Sharphigherpitch
    Flatlowerpitch
    Staffasetoffivehorizontallinesandfourspacesthateachrepresentadifferentpitch
    Intervalthedistanceinthepitchbetweentwotones
    Octavetheintervalbetweenonemusicalpitchandanotherwithhalfordoubleitsfrequency
    Forteloudstrong
    Pianosoft

    Weektwoofwritingthetextbook

    25thEarlyMusicPartII

    FunctionofMusicinperiod:
    Church/SacredReligiousmusiccomposedandperformedforreligioususeorthrough
    religiousinfluence.Ritualmusiccanbesacredornot,butisperformedorcomposedfor
    orasaritual.
    Secularmusicthatisnotassociatedorconcernedwithreligion.Developedinthe
    MedievalperiodwasusedintheRenaissance.

    WhowasGuidodArrezo?
    AnItalianmusictheoristintheMedievalera.Heinventedthestaffnotationwhich
    replacedtheneumaticnotation.Wheretherearefivehorizontallinesandfourspacesthateach
    depictamusicalpitch.Inadditiontothestaffnotation,healsocameupoftheideaof
    doremifasolasolmization.

    Listeningexamples:

    Historically,thedifferenttypeschantsareusedfordifferentrites.TheGregorianchantisused
    fortheRomanrite,whiletheAmbrosianchantisforMilaneseRites.Musicallyhowever,Ifound
    themtobeverysimilartoeachother.OneofthemaindifferencestheAmbrosianchanthas
    fromtheGregorianchantisthatitusesaharmonicminorkeyandthesingersuseanextreme
    vibratototransitionbetweennotes.TheGregorianchantshavesmoothtransitionsandmajor
    keys.ListeningtotheGregorianchantmakesyoufeelmoreatpeace,whiletheAmbrosian
    chantevokesamoredramaticfeelingasifitistryingtoconveyastory.

    Crescendo
    agradualincreaseinloudnessinapieceofmusic.

    Decrescendo/Diminuendoograduallyreducingforceorloudness

    Rhythm
    Rhythmiswhatmakesmusicmoveandflow.Rhythmismadeupofsoundsand
    silences.Thesesoundsandsilencesareputtogethertoformpatternsofsound,whichare
    repeatedtocreaterhythm.Arhythmhasasteadybeat,butitmayalsohavemanydifferent
    kindsofbeats.

    Meter
    Metercanbecategorizedassimple,compound,orcomplex.Thesethreecategories
    canexplainallrhythmicpatternsinWesternmusic.Eachofthecategoriesofmeterisdefined
    bythesubdivisionofbeats.
    Melody
    thesuccessionofsingletonesinmusicalcompositions,asdistinguishedfromharmony
    andrhythm.

    Motive
    ashortmusicalidea,asalientrecurringfigure,musicalfragmentorsuccessionof
    notesthathassomespecialimportanceinorischaracteristicofacomposition

    Phrase
    conceptsandpracticesrelatedtogroupingconsecutivemelodicnotes,bothintheir
    compositionandperformance

    Section
    isacomplete,butnotindependent
    musicalidea

    Sequence
    asequenceistherestatementofamotiforlongermelodic(orharmonic)passageat
    ahigherorlowerpitchinthesamevoice

    Tune
    asuccessionofmusicalsoundsforminganairormelody,withorwithouttheharmony
    accompanyingit.

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