Music During The Renaissance Era

The music from the Middle ages was very worship based. Most of the music seemed to be created to help people of that time grow closer to the churches. I could hear in the pieces I listened to the connection the music had to prayer and worship. The music form was strophic in nature and repeated itself. Even though I could not understand the words in most of the songs, the melody created an expression of calmness and meditation. Very relaxing and calming to make a connecting to what they were worshipping.
The tempo of this week’s music was grave and adagio. I found most pieces hard to listen to, because I was bored with the tempo. The Dynamics of Kyrie was piano to mezzo piano. It started off soft and then gradually increased to moderately soft. I believe crescendo would be the correct dynamic that this song fits into. The timbre was very mellow and added new voices in at different times to change the sense of
Musicians could enhance the meaning and emotions during this period. The music was not so religious based. The music became more upbeat and vivace. It also had a presto tempo, which made it fun to dance to. The Passamezzo and Galliard was my favorite piece of music that we had to listen to this week. I loved the upbeat melody and harmony. I pictured a group of people dancing and hopping around while they switched partners on the dance floor. The flute and chimes added a special harmony to the song. It was very uplifting and fun to follow the beat. The duple and triple meter of this song made it lively and happy. The violins and other stringed instruments kept a mezzo piano dynamic to the music. The tone color was very rich and kept the listeners engaged with the rhythm. The music develops more rhythm as the song progresses. The music of the Renaissance era was much more entertaining than that of the Middle ages