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Renaissance Music by Esme
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The Renaissance was a cultural movement 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 dicided into three periods. Early Renaissance 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 relationships and the density of the simultaneous different music components.
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| MONOPHONIC MUSIC:
It is the simplest texture. There is no harmony and there is only one lone of tune.
Medieval music is always monophonic. |
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| POLYPHONIC MUSIC OR CONTRAPUNCTUAL MUSIC:
It is more complex texture. There is more than one tune played at the same time.
It was developed during the Renaissance perod. |
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| HOMOPHONIC MUSIC:
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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| SACKBUT: The sackbut was an early kind of trombone. The bell was smaller than the present-day instrument. The tone was quite round and melow tone. |
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| CRUMHORN: The crumhorn is a double reed instrument with a cap over the reed. The player blows into this cap to produce a very soft tone. It had finger holes like a recorder and horned scape. There were different sizes like the recorder family. |
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| LUTE: The lute usually had 12 strings tuned in pairs stretched over a fretted fingerboard like a present-day guitar. The body had pear-shaped with the neck bent back. It was used as a solo instrument and to accompany singers. |
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| HARPSICHORD: 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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03/22/10 - Esmeralda García
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