To play music or sing.
Music was passed on by oral tradition, and word of mouth.
Both. There was plenty of variety in medieval music.
Medieval music does not include the major or minor key, instead it uses Modes. Medieval music was written in unison, with no harmony. In the Middle Ages instrumental music wasn't very popular, so most Medieval Music wasn't written for the voice. Personal comment: I am an 11 year old child who has just written this, because I was looking for the same answer and just remembered some facts from school! My question is What did the people in the Medieval times use medieval music for? people in the past mostly played the music for celebrations and/or ceremonies like weddings.
Yes there was music. The church had music and plays and corals. Instruments were flutes, drums, a type of guitar, bagpipes, lutes, and string instruments.
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I believe we find the most medieval music from Italy.
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People learnt music in medieval times by memory. Monks would learn chants and minstrels made up songs. A monk chant that I can play from memory is Salva Nos.
Most of medieval music was composed for the church and sung in Latin
In the middle ages (also know as the medieval period).....
Yes, they were the bards so to speak of the Middle Ages. They wrote their own and no doubt borrowed poems/song from one another and epic poem writers. ----- Troubadours were among those who composed medieval music. There were others also.
They believed it would upset god during this dark time in there history.
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No. There are many types of music from the Middle Ages. There is folk music, ballads and dance music, as well as religious music. Many modern hymns use tunes that were written for Medieval folk songs. If you are interested in learning music from the Middle Ages, check out the various websites for "the Society for Creative Anachronism". You can learn Medieval music and even how to do Medieval dances at their meetings.