1 3.1.4 Quiz: Music from the Middle Ages
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Match the musical terms with their definitions.
System of
modes
?
A single syllable of text
sung over many notes.
Melisma
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The series of scales used
by composers of a given
style of music.
Tenor
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A Gregorian Chant melody
sung very slowly beneath
a more active musical line.
Cantus firmus
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In a polyphonic
composition, the part that
holds the melody
match the musical terms with their definitions