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Why was sacred music the only music notated in the early middle ages?
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At the time, monks and priests were the only people who knew how to write musical notation.
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Earliest known composers to write music with measured rhythm?
The rhythm of early notated music came from a few different sources. One idea is that it was first notated with the Greeks.
What we know about instrument in church comes mainly from?
Church was the center of musical life (important musicians were priest. Only sacred music was notated.) Music primarily vocal and sacred (instruments generally not used in church. Surviving music manuscripts indicate pitch only.)
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.
Sacred music is always liturgical music?
No, sacred music is not always liturgical music, although it often is.
Is guitar music notated one octave higher then it sounds?
yes.
Earliest known composers to write music with measured rhythm?
The rhythm of early notated music came from a few different sources. One idea is that it was first notated with the Greeks.
What we know about instrument in church comes mainly from?
Church was the center of musical life (important musicians were priest. Only sacred music was notated.) Music primarily vocal and sacred (instruments generally not used in church. Surviving music manuscripts indicate pitch only.)
What is most of the surviving music from the early middle ages called?
Most of the music from the Early Middle Ages is plainsong or chant.
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.
Is western art music the notated music of a cultivated society?
False?
Where was the hub of music during the early to middle of the middle ages?
Christian Church
Sacred music is always liturgical music?
No, sacred music is not always liturgical music, although it often is.
Is guitar music notated one octave higher then it sounds?
yes.
Who notated musical performances onto a score based on a recorded performance?
a music transcriber
What is music scores and notes?
Music scores and notes - the notation of music. Music must be notated so that other people can play/sing it.
Is Most of the surviving music from the early Middle Ages is secular?
False
Types of music in the Middle Ages?
Music from the Middle Ages, like almost all musical eras, consists of both secular and sacred music. Although we can only account for the music that was written and preserved which means that the majority of music that is known from the middle ages is sacred music that was found within the churches. Most of the music from the early middle ages is some type of a chant with no instrumental accompaniments and all voices in unison. It wasn't until the later middle ages in which musicians started to experiment more that the voices started to become harmonized. Most of the music during this time also was considered melismatic, meaning there were many different pitches and rhythms in only one syllable of text.
