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Renaissance music by Marcel Obrador
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The Ranaissance was a coultural mouvement developed from the 15th to the 17th century.It started in Italy in the late Middle Ages and later spread to the rest of Europe. Renaissance music is European music written during this period. It is usually divides into three periods. Early Renaisance music(1400-1467) Middle Renaissance music(1467-1534) Late Renaissance music(1534-1600)
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Texture in music,describes the melodic and harmonic relationship and the density of the simultaneous different musical components.
OTHER WAYS TO VARY TEXTURE:
SOLO:Only one voice or instrument.
DUET:A 2-part piece. TRIO:A 3-parts piece. QUARTET:A 4-element piece.
UNISON:All voices or instruments plating the same notes.
TUTTI:All instruments or voices playing at the same time.
DOUBLING:One part playing exactly the same notes as another.
DESCANT:One part runs higher than the main melodies.
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| Monophonic music: It's the simplest texture. There is no harmony and there is only one line of tune.
Medieval music is always monophonic. |
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| Polyphonic music or contrapunctual music: It is a more complex texture. There is more than one tune played at the same time.
It was developed during the Renaissance period. |
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| It is a texture where the lines of music move at(more or less) the same time.
Melodies and chords are good examples of this. |
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Renaissance Instruments
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| The harpsichord looks a little like a modern-day grand piano.
It has vertical strings that are plucked by a metal quill. The number of strings played at one time is regulated by stops, similar to those on an organ. |
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| The sackbut was an early kind of trombone. The bell was much smaller than the present-day instrument.
The tone was quite round and mellow tone. |
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| The lute usually had 12 strings tuned in pairs stretched over a fetted fingerboard like a pesent-day guitar. The body had a pear-shapedbox with the neck bent back.
It was used as a solo instrument and to accompany singers. |
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| The crumhorn is a double reed instrument with a cap over the reed.
The player bows into this cap to produce a very soft tone. It had finger holes like a recorder and horned shape. There were different sizes like the recorder family. |
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Renaissance Composers
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03/09/10 - Marcel Obrador
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