The Middle Ages999 to 1450

The RecordsRecords show only music existing in the Church for Monks were the only ones to record it.There were also Jongleurs or minstrels but we know nothing about them.

Music at the ChurchMusic and the church services (The Mass) Several Masses per dayUp to eight Services per day Mostly sung (Divine Office)

Difference between Mass and Divine OfficeMass for the filigreesDivine Office for the Monks and Nuns

Two other religious formsThe introit genre form ABA or vice versaA. IntroitB. RecitationA. Introit

Plainsong SequenceSoloist A then Choir ASoloist B then Choir B etc

Structure of the MassAlthough the service had a standard form, many texts changed through the years according to festivities Plainchant. Designed by pope Gregory 540-604Gregory assembled and standardized the chants for the service of the timeMonophonic music for voices w/o fixed rhythm or meter

Plainchants were also organized in modes rather than the normal diatonic scaleThe modes were:Dorian Phrygian LydianMixolydianModes originated from ancient Greek music