Music Terms

3. learning by repetition from memory and through practice
4. anything singable, simple, popular in style, and for solo voice that usually tells a story
5. court poets and composers of the 12-13th century in Northern France
7. a minstrel of noble birth
9. monophonic chants also called Gregorian chants
10. scales other than major and minor
11. 2 or more melodies happening at the same time
13. elaborate melodies with many notes sung to one syllable of text
14. signs above a line of text to indicate the direction of the Melody

1. a song that has a solo voice and choral refrain alternated
2. a secular form of music that had 2 or more voices singing separate melodies to a literary text a cappella
6. one line of music without accompaniment
8. a system of politics based upon the relation of Lord to vassal
12. an application of part-singing in Gregorain chant in which a second melody was added to the existing plainsong
13. a wandering musician who provided his own accompaniment to his singing