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  • There was both ecclesiastic and secular music in the middle ages.
  • Music Theory saw many advancements.
  • During the High Middle Ages, polyphonic (music with more than one independent melodic "voice") music developed.

Genres:

  • Plainchant/Plainsong - This was spoken liturgies from the Catholic Church.
  • Organum - It is plainchant that has one or more voices added.
  • Motet - Motets are highly varied choral compositions.
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