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JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

MAPEH 9 (MUSIC)
FIRST QUARTER
LEARNING MODULE 1

UNIT TOPIC: Music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Period

Prepared by: Amor Grace Martinez Sacudit

I. GAINING IN YOUR END

I will be able:
- Describe the musical elements of selected vocal and instrumental music of Medieval,
Renaissance and Baroque music

II. AS YOU MOVE

Check the following link to listen to a sample of Medieval music
 Medieval Music Ultimate Grand Collection
http:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RCM2IeiB00

III. MATTER IN HAND

DAY 1

MEDIEVAL PERIOD

Treatises in the middle ages were more oriented towards practice than earlier writings. Early 6 th
century philosopher Aniclus Manlius Severinus, commonly called Boethius, was one of the prominent
figures during this period. His mathematical fundamentals of music about intervals and consonances
remained at the root of scale building and guesses rather than knowledge, but it did not help music in
solving the immediate problems of notating, reading, classifying and singing plainchant, and improvising or
composing organum and other kinds of early

The modal system in this period was developed gradually. Also known as scales, modes are
patterns of notes. Modes were first used by the Greeks, hundreds of years before the birth of Christ. The
two general types of modes are plagal and authentic. Plagal and authentic modes differ in range. Authentic
modes have a range of octave above finalis or “tonic in major or minor scale” while the plagal modes have
range of fifth above the finalis and descend fourth below the finalis ans ascends back to the finalis. The
prefix hypo is used before the name of the Authentic modes.

CHANTS
One of the great treasures of the western civilization is the chants of the Roman Church. Chants
can be simple as recitation on a single pitch heard in a Mass’ Gospel Reading.

Chants may be categorized into those with biblical text and those without. Both may be subdivided
into chants with poetical text and chants with prose text.

Chants may also be classified in the manner they were sung in earlier times: antiphonal chants,
sung by alternating choirs; responsorial, sung by a soloist alternating with choir; and direct chant, without
alternation.

Before the middle of the 9th century, the Frankish empire established the official Gregorian chant –
the old Roman Chant repertory that survived from manuscripts from Rome. The reorganization was
attribute to Pope Gregory I.

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TROUBADOURS AND TROUVERES

Troubadours and trouveres were poet-composer who flourished in the south of France and spoke
Provencal. The verb trobar or trouver means “to find”. Troubadours and trouveres were finders or inventors
of song. Their art was inspired by neighboring cultures and spread quickly northward. They did not only
create songs but sang them as well. If they could not sing, they entrusted the performance to a minstrel.
Their songs are preserved in chansonniers. The pastrorela or pastourelle is their favourite genre.

IV. KEY POINTS TO REMEMBER

Medieval Period –
The two general types of modes:
Authenticate modes – have a range of octave above finalis or “tonic in major or minor scale”
Plagal modes - have range of fifth above the finalis and descend fourth below the finalis ans ascends back
to the finalis
Chant - may be categorized into those with biblical text and those without. Both may be subdivided into
chants with poetical text and chants with prose text.
Antiphonal chant – sung by alternating choirs
Responsorial – sung by a soloist alternating with choir
Direct chant – without alternation
Troubadour and trouveres
- poet-composers who flourished in the south of France and spoke Provencal
- were finders or inventors of song

V. THINK THROUGH (test and task)

OC Module 1 Worksheet
Name: Grade Level & Section:
Date: Score: Parent/Guardian Signature:

I. Write the letter of the correct answer in the line before each number.

__________ 1. This was first used by the Greeks and has two general types, Plagal and Authentic.
a. Modes b. Tones c. Chant

__________ 2. This mode has a range of octave above finalis or “tonic on major or minor scale”.
a. Hypodorian b. Plagal c. Authentic

__________ 3. This mode has a range of fifth above the finalis and a fourth below the finalis.
a. Dorian b. Plagal c. Authentic

__________ 4. This term is used before the name of an Authentic mode to make it Plagal.
a. Hypo b. Ian c. Hyper

__________ 5. This refers to the poet-composers who flourished in the south of France and spoke
Provencal
a. Troubadours b. Pastorela c. Chansonniers

Resources: MAPEH Kto12 book, Authors: Jeff Foreene M. Santos, Ruth Gome-Yap, Romina R. Macato.
Coodinator: Milagros V. Referente

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