Term. Florid organum. Definition. Twelfth-century style of two-voice POLYPHONY in which the lower voice sustains relatively long NOTES while the upper voice sings note-groups of varying length above each note of the lower voice.

The music helped the prayers reach G-d. Early chants were monophonic. Polyphony came in to play as composers (monks) became bored and more creative but the thought was that they had to incorporate the original chant into the polyphonic one because it was now considered sacred.

Why is Renaissance painting considered more realistic than medieval painting? Renaissance painters discovered a perspective that made it possible to see the whole simultaneously. Religious belief became more personal during the Renaissance. Renaissance painters preferred symbolism to realism.

triple motet. Thirteenth-century MOTET in four voices, with a different text in each voice above the TENOR. cantus firmus. (Latin, ‘fixed melody’) An existing MELODY, often taken from a GREGORIAN CHANT, on which a new POLYPHONIC work is based; used especially for MELODIES present in long NOTES.

In music, monophony is the simplest of musical textures, consisting of a melody (or “tune”), typically sung by a single singer or played by a single instrument player (e.g., a flute player) without accompanying harmony or chords. Many folk songs and traditional songs are monophonic.

Monophony, musical texture made up of a single unaccompanied melodic line. It is a basic element of virtually all musical cultures. Byzantine and Gregorian chants (the music of the medieval Eastern and Western churches, respectively) constitute the oldest written examples of monophonic repertory.

agreement; accord; harmonious relations. a consistent, orderly, or pleasing arrangement of parts; congruity. Music. any simultaneous combination of tones. the simultaneous combination of tones, especially when blended into chords pleasing to the ear; chordal structure, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.