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MUSIC 9
SUBJECT
REQUIREMENTS
UNIT 1 :
Music of the Medieval(700-1400)
Renaissance (1400-1600) and
Baroque (1685-1750) Periods
LESSON 1 :
Music of Medieval Period
(700-1400)
 The Medieval Period, also known as the
Middle Ages or the Dark Ages, started
approximately 400 AD and ends in the early
1400 AD. This was an era of war, famine and
chaos and people were searching for security
and protection. The Middle Ages covered the
fall of the Roman Empire and the rise of the
Ottoman Empire.
Music of the Medieval Period
 During the medieval period vocal music dominated
the music scene. There are no recorders of
instrumental music because music, as played by
instruments, was highly improvised at this time.
 Rhythm was not notated during this period.
 Legato is a smooth, even manner of musical
performance.
 Church mode, also called Gregorian mode,
is one of the eight scales in the Gregorian
chant.

 Musical form was mainly sacred vocal

music such as plainchant, conducts, masses,
and motets, instrumental estampie, and
secular vocal songs.
 PLAINCHANT
 

 One of the distinctive music forms that marked the

period was the plainchant or the plainsong.
 The plainchant is a form of prayer song that is purely
vocal, monophonic, and intended for church use
only.
 Pope Gregory the Great initiated the compilation of a
plainsong called the Gregorian chant to establish the
unity in the church.
 Gregorian chant has the following qualities:
1.It is in acapella
2.Has free rhythm
3.Is sung by monks
4.Uses church modes
5.Is written in four-line staff
6.Is melismatic
7.Is written in Latin language
8.Is sung in solo or in group
 Gregorian chants were written in neumes.
 A neume is the early form of musical notation used to
transcribe the Gregorian chant. It uses a four-line staff and
square to indicate the pitch, interval and melodic motion.
 Neume is the predecessor of the present musical notation. It
shows the rise and fall of voices as a guide for singers to
remember the melody of the song.
 An example of this is the “Gaudeamus
Omnes”, a Gregorian chant written in
neumatic notation.
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