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What is humanism

A system of thought that center on humans and their value, capacities and worth. A secular study of the classics

A nonreligious study of Greek and Roman texts

A nonreligious study of ancient texts
A doctrine in which human interests and capabilities are of primary concern

What is organum

A: A style of early polyphony.

What is a group of instruments called

A group of musical instruments is called a consort.

The Reformation was sparked by the posting of what document

the 95 thesis

What was the earliest notated European music

The earliest known notated European music is believed to have been the Gregorian Chant.

Scholar and music theorist Isidore of Seville, writing in the early 7th ... known as neumes; the earliest surviving musical notation of this type is in the ... Notation had developed far enough to notate melody.

Singing a melody without alternating voices or groups is called

direct psalmody

Chant which is sung by alternating groups is called

antiphonal psalmody

The technique used to create form that simply plays a section again is

Repetition. The technique used to create form that simply plays a section again is called repetition.

What is the Italian term for a gradual increase in Tempo

Accelerando

Which term describes the simplest method of performing chant

Monophonic is the simplest method of performing chant.

Which term refers to how loud or quiet the music is

dynamics, crescendo and decrescendo. The volumes are ppp ( p = piano, also known as soft and very quiet ), pp, and p ( amount of P's depend on how low and soft the music writer wants it; maximum is usually three ). And fff ( f = forte, means loud depending on how many forte marks. Then there'll be mp and mf, which means the loudest for the piano and the softest for the forte.

The Italian term that means to gradually increase volume is

Aumentando

A Metronome marking of 200 would most likely be labeled

vivace

The technique used to create form that changes something already heard is

variation

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

responsorial psalmody.

As tempo speeds up there will be more beats per measure

false.

A style of performance where a soloist alternates with a choir is called

responsorial psalmody.

Andante means what

a walking pace

ABA means:

A three-section musical form where the music for the first and third sections is the same.

Which instrument did Andrea Amati invent

violin

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