MUSIC

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 MIDDLE AGES- RENAISSANCE
Characteristics of medieval music
 Monophony
 Standardized rhythmic patterns
 Ligature-based music notation
 Limited instrumental music

Types of music - secular and religious.

Secular music was made up of folk songs and ballads, many of which were sung by
wandering musicians called troubadours.
 BAROQUE PERIOD
The music characteristics of the Baroque Era
 Fast movement
 Ornamentation
 Dramatic alterations in tempo and volume
 Expressiveness
 ROMANTIC
Characteristics of romantic music
 Freeform and design of the music.
 Longer melodies.
 The major use of chromatic harmonies and dissonances.
 More use of dynamics and articulations than ever before.
 Larger instrumentations.
 Dramatic opera.
 CLASSICAL
Characteristics of classical period
 Less complicated texture than Baroque (more homophonic).
 Emphasis on beauty, elegance and balance.
 More variety and contrast within a piece than Baroque (dynamics, instruments, pitch, tempo,
key, mood and timbre).
 Melodies tend to be shorter than those in baroque, with clear-cut phrases, and clearly marked
cadences.
 The orchestra increases in size and range. The harpsichord fails out of use. The woodwind
becomes a self-contained section.
 20 CENTURY
 Characteristic features of later 20th-century music with origins in futurism include the
prepared piano,
 Integral serialism.
 Extended vocal techniques.
 Graphic notation.
 Improvisation.
 Minimalism.
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