6.+Glossary


 * //__Vocabulary UNIT 1: The Middle Ages__//**
 * Monophony:** A melody without harmony, playing only one note
 * Polyphony:** Two or more independent melodies playing different notes at the same time
 * Rhythm:** The timing of the musical sounds and silences
 * Melody:** Succession of musical tones
 * Harmony:** Use of simultaneous tones or notes with a pleasant effect
 * Dissonance:** Unstable consonance
 * Counterpoint:** Relation between two or more voices

**Cantata**: A piece that is sung and is distinguished from the part to be touched in catholic events. **Coral:** It describe the song monodic taking place in the liturgy of the western church, human voices. **Tocata:** It’s a piece of Baroque keyboard music which usually emphasizes the skill of the virtuoso. **Recitatiu:** It’s a musical form that is described as a melodic speech to music. **Suite:** Musical piece composed of several short movement whose origins are different types of baroque dance. **Fugat:** It’s the same as the fuga but without repetitions. **Contrast:** Is a piece of music written in vers and its performed withdramatic expression expressed by jugglers. **Canon**: Polyphonic composition based on an strict imitation between two or more sounds or voices separated by an interval.
 * Reverberation:** The resonance of the voice inside the building (echo)
 * Himnòdia:** Liturgic chant for hymns with melody and repetition
 * Hymns:** Song that magnifies the figure of God or another important person
 * Motet:** Short religious piece of voice, sometimes with an instrument
 * Mistery:** Dramatic religious representation of medieval origin that reflects an episode of the life of Christ, the Virgin Mary or a Saint
 * Ars-Antiqua:** S. XII-XIII Organ, cantus firmus with counterpoint and simple polyphony
 * Ars-Nova:** S.XIII-XV Complex polyphony and use of instruments