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Term for unvarying texts of the Mass that are sung virtually every day.
a) Regular Chant
b) Proper of the Mass
c) Ordinary of the Mass
d) Routine Hymns

General term for a system of symbols indicating the melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic content of musical sound. This is still used today.
a) Mensural notation
b) sheet music
c) Musical notation
d) Record

Singing style in which only one or two notes occur for each syllable of text.
a) Melismatic singing
b) Solo Singing
c) Syllabic singing
d)

The medieval fiddle and distant ancestor of the modern violin.
a) viola
b) vielle
c) violet
d)

In medieval polyphony, it is a term for the sustaining line with the chant.
a) tenor
b) vielle
c) organum
d) alto

A song sung in a language (non-Latin) that makes use of strophic form in which each verse is followed by a refrain.
a) chant
b) vielle
c) chanson
d) organum

Term for the portions of the Mass that CHANGE to suit the particular feast day.
a) organum
b) Proper of the Mass
c) Ordinary of the Mass
d) carol

When many notes are sung to just one syllable of text it is known as:
a) Syllabic singing
b) Melismatic singing
c)
d)

Male poet-musicians who flourished in France between 1150-1400
a) Troubadours/Trouveres
b) Tenors
c) Vielles
d) Chansons

Sacred monophonic vocal music that has neither meter nor regular rhythm is called:
a) chanson
b) carol
c) gregorian chant
d) mass

Troubadours invent the musical genre known as:
a) chanson
b) madrigal
c) motet
d) organum

During the medieval period, musicians devised a system call mensural notation to specify rhythm as well as pitch.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Which statement is INCORRECT about Gregorian chant?
a) Gregorian chant is monophonic in texture.
b) Gregorian chant uses Latin text.
c) Gregorian chant lacks a sense of meter or driving, pulsating rhythms.
d) Gregorian chant was created by Pope Gregory the Great.

Throughout the Middle Ages, which two groups vied for the political control of Europe?
a) Montagues and Capulets
b) Christianity and Islam
c) The Church and the aristocratic court
d) Republicans and Democrats

What religious service was most important to the medieval monks and nuns who lived, worked, and prayed in the monasteries?
a) the chanson
b) the Mass
c) Matins
d) Vespers

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