Author Question: While most surviving music during the Middle Ages is monophonic, the polyphony of the era is ... (Read 486 times)

LaDunn · **on:** Jul 25, 2018

While most surviving music during the Middle Ages is monophonic, the
polyphony of the era is characterized by:

a. dissonances that resolve to open, hollow-sounding, consonant chords
b. a basso continuo that supports the melody
c. sudden shifts to remote chords for expressive purposes
d. triads that are now the standard consonant chord
e. simple chordal harmonies that are made more active by an Alberti bass

Question 2

Medieval melody is best described as:

a. tuneful melodies created by short, balanced phrases; frequent cadences
produce a light, airy feeling
b. wide-ranging, disjunct lines are often chromatic and dissonant
c. rarely tuneful or singable; instead they twist and turn rapidly in undulating
patterns
d. they move mostly by step within a narrow range and rarely use chromatic
notes
e. long, singable lines have powerful climaxes; expressiveness achieved through
chromatic inflections