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Cards in this guide (16)
What is mensuration

A system for indicating the rhythmic relationships between notes.

Why was the basso continuo important in the Baroque era

The basso continuo was important to the Baroque era because it accompanied the melody line while filling in the harmony.

What was Guido d'Arezzo's contribution to musical notation

Staff lines

Which was an important Renaissance wind instrument

Recorder

Which feature do the viol and the violin have in common

They are both played with bows.

Which term describes the simplest method of performing chant

Monophonic is the simplest method of performing chant.

Which notation system is similar to neumatic notation

Jewish Ta'amim

Which instrument is an ancestor of the modern tuba

One ancestor is an instrument called the serpent.

Which instrument has an enclosed reed and produces a buzzing sound

Bag pipes and crumhorns have an enclosed reed and produce a buzzing sound.

What best describes musical life during the Classical Era

concerts were unusually long by today's standards (apex)
Concerts were unusually long by today's standards.

Which composer is given credit for inventing chant notation on a staff

Guido d'Arezzo

Alternation between a cantor chanting psalm verses and a choir singing a refrain is called

responsorial psalmody.

What influenced neumatic notation

byzantine chant notation

What A renewed interest in classical culture during the Renaissance inspired all of the following except

A revival of ancient greek music.

Diminuendo means the same as:

****DECRECENDO****

Which instrument did Andrea Amati invent

violin

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