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RENAISSANCE MUSIC - Coggle Diagram

- - - - It was a long composition with liturgical texts, written in Latin.
      - It was based on the fixed parts of the religious ceremony.
    - - It was the most common part in Protestant religious music.
      - It was based on the pre-existing melodies sung in the vernacular (not in Latin).
      - It had a simple texture, with an AAB structure.
    - - It's composed with several parts.
      - Each part has different lyrics and rhythm.
      - In Middle Ages, this form already existed, but in Renaissance it became more important, religious and included more parts.
  - - - It was the dominant form
      - It described feelings through the union of music and text.
      - It had three or four parts, performed with instrumental accompaniment.
    - - It was performed for several voices with instrumental accompaniment.
    - - It was based on poetic ballads that told both true and fictional stories.
      - It consisted of four different musical phrases (corresponding to the four lines of each verse.)
      - Sometimes had instrumental accompaniment.
    - - Its name comes from the tunes that peasants sang on the villages.
      - A villancico had three parts: refrain, verse and refrain (ABA)
      - It was performed for only one voice, with accompaniment from a string instrument.
    - - This composition is a combination of different forms (madrigal, romance and villancico), languages and polyphonic textures.
      - It was a mixture of comic and serious topics.
- - - - Instrumentalists used these as a base for instrumental works.
      - The motet inspired instrumental pieces such as the tiento, in Spain and Portugal.
    - - Composers started to improve and improvise their pieces.
      - Performers used this kind of pieces to demonstrate their technical abilities.
      - The toccata was one of the most important forms.
    - - It consisted of the exposition of a short musical theme, followed by some variations on it (rhythm, melodic...).
  - - - Viol or Viola da Gamba
        
        It's made with six or seven strings
        
        It looks like today's cello
        
        Its soft sounds works especially well for music performances in private events.
    - - Viheula
        
        It's similar to the guitar
        
        It has six pairs of strings
        
        One of the most famous vihuelists was Luis de Milán
      - Lute
        
        It already existed in the Middle Ages.
        
        It has several parts of strings, a rounded sound box and a neck that bends backawards.
      - Harpsichord
        
        It can have different names depending on its size.
        
        When a key is pressed a small pick plucks a string. This produces a rather sharp sound.
    - - Clavichord
        
        It's a really small instrument, which is played on a table.
        
        When a key is pressed, a small brass blade strikes a string.
        
        The sound is similar to the soft sound of a lute.
    - - Sackbut
        
        It's the predecessor of the slide trombone.
        
        It appeared at the end of the 15th century.
        
        It was normally played with other wind instruments