TEXTURE: Monophonic texture was predominantly used during the first part of this era, and polyphonic texture began to be used in the mid to late Medieval period. Medieval instruments fall into the same categories as do modern instruments: strings, woodwinds, brasses, and percussion. Home > Catalogue > WOODS, WOMEN & WINE: Vocal & Instrumental Music of Medieval & Renaissance Europe JOCULATORES UPSALIENSES BIS 120. Parallel fifths and octaves were favored, and triads or thirds were considered dissonant. Music appears to have been constructed and heard as separate lines rather than vertical sonorities. You can also use the following link to our. List of medieval musical instruments David playing the harp, accompanied by clappers/cymbals on stick, plucked-fiddle. HARMONY: Harmony and tonality as we know it today were not functional during the Medieval period. This category contains all works written by composers of the medieval era. They started out performing instrumental music but. MELODY: Melodic intervals and the range of melodies were generally small during this era (Hildegard of Bingen was an exception), and sacred melodies were often based on church modes (modes are notes arranged in a specific scale or pattern of intervals, and were often used to structure the melody or tonality of a piece). Ensemble formed in 1987 and specialising in the interpretation of medieval and renaissance music. RHYTHM: Rhythm was not notated during much of this period, and traditions regarding the treatment of sacred text, the meter of the text, and the musical abilities of singers and instrumentalists often determined the rhythmic complexity and tempo of pieces. During the Middle Ages, if a person wasn't a monk or nun singing chants for each canonical hour of the day, music was unlikely a large part of his or her life - unless the person were an aristocrat with spare time to pursue the demands of learning to play an instrument and performing. Instruments were used to accompany vocal lines or to improvise instrumental dances, and very little instrumental music has survived. PERFORMING MEDIUM: During the Medieval period, music was primarily vocal.

Medieval instrumental music