Music History
10
John Carter,
Instructor
Listening Exercise I:
Gregorian
Chant
Name of
Composition__________________________________________________
Name of Performing
Group_____________________________________________
What is it written for? (Check
one)
q
Voices
q
Instruments
q
Both
What
kinds?
What
is the type of meter?
q Duple
q Triple
q Quadruple,
q Compound,
q Multimetric
q Polymetric
q Irregular
q Non-metric
How would you describe the tempo?
q Fast
q Medium
q Slow
q It changes
How
would you describe the Rhythm?
The
rhythm is: (circle one)
o
Simple
o
Complex
The
beat is (circle one)
o
Rigid
o
Flexible
What
is the mood of the melody? (Circle One)
q Happy
q Sad
q Melancholy
q Lyric (song-like)
q Dramatic (forceful)
q Cantabile (Smooth like a vocal melody)
q Instrumental (jumps around)?
q Other
How could the range of the melody be described? (check one)
q Narrow
q Wide
Describe
the melody put together?
Do the notes of the melody progress by (check one)
q Skips and leaps (“Disjunct”)
q Steps (Conjunct)
What
is the Tessitura? (Where do most of the notes lie)
q
q
q
q Other_________________
Is there
Harmony? Yes No
How would you describe the Tonality?
q Modal
q Major
q Minor
What term best describes the texture? (Check one)
q
Monophonic (one
line)
q
Homophonic
o
Chordal
o
Melody with
accompaniment
§
Type of
accompaniment
·
Sustained note
q
Polyphonic
q
Hybrid (check the
ones that apply)
o
Monophonic
o
Homophonic
o
Polyphonic
(contrapuntal)
How many parts (i.e. different voices and instruments) are there in
the piece? ______
How are the parts spaced? (circle one)
o
Close together
o
Far apart
o
Not applicable
If
there are parts, how important are they?
o
They are equally
important
o
Some are more
important than others
Are there any special effects?
q Antiphonal (“Stereophonic”- one voice, instrument or
group begins another one responds)
q Responsorial (One part begins and another one
“answers”)
q Other
What time factors are involved?
q Total length:___________
What is the basic internal structure(s)
q Is the piece Sectional? Can it be divided into
sections? (circle one)
o Yes
o No
Is the
piece “through-composed”? ( Is the piece written
without any repeats of the tune?) (Circle one)
Yes No
What dynamics are used?
Are there any rests used in dramatic
sorts of ways?
What
is the language of the Text?
Is the music based on a Program?
(Does it follow a story?)
1) DRAW A PICTURE OF THE SHAPE OF THIS MELODY ON THE BACK
OF THIS PAPER. SHOW HIGH AND LOW POINTS
OF THE MELODY IN THE DRAWING. 2) ALSO UsE straight/and or curving lines TO express
the mood of this chant.
dID YOU LIKE THIS CHANT? iF SO WHATWAS YOUR FAVORITE PART?