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| A genre from the Middle Ages, combining drama and music, using allegorical characters to teach a lesson. |
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| A single line of unaccompanied melody. |
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| A sacred genre representing the earliest forms of Western art music, consisting of a monophonic modal melody with unmeasured rhythm and Latin text. |
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| Scale patterns with distinct relationships between whole and half steps, served as the source of melody and harmony in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. |
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| The combination of two or more independent melodic lines. |
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| Strict imitation is created through successive entries of a melody in several voices. |
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| A recurring rhythmic or melodic pattern. |
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| A popular secular polyphonic vocal genre developed in Italy in the late 15th century. |
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| The music mirrors the meaning of the words through melody, harmony, and rhythm. |
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| Vocal music without instrumental accompaniment. |
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| All voices have the same rhythmic pattern, creating a blocked, chordal style. |
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| A traditional Javanese instrumental ensemble. |
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| Instruments featuring metal bars of different sizes that are struck with a variety of mallets. |
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| A pattern of pitches which is used as the basis of extended improvisation. |
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| A multi-stringed plucked instrument with movable frets. |
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| A metric cycle or regularly repeating rhythmic phrase. |
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