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 * MUSIC:**

Music theorists began studying proportions in music, and how to create different pitches and octaves. Many ideas were gotten from Pythagoras, a Greek Mathematician, who studied proportions, and they studied ancient Greek drama. (Interactives: Renaissance)

Music had a strong effect on civic, religious, and courtly life during the Renaissance. There were huge changes in music genre, musical instruments, and composing styles of music during the Renaissance. Most composed music went to the church in a polyphonic (made up of several simultaneous melodies) form. Guillaume Du Fay was a very well-known composer during this time period. It was noticed from a very young age that Du Fay had a lot of musical talent and was thoroghly trained at a cathedral. Gilles Binchois was also a very well known musician who's music was copied and played for decades after his death.

Common musical instruments used during the Renaissance were the recorder, the lute, the dulcian, the transverse flute, and the viol. A commonly used technique in music that is accompanied by people singing is called word painting. It uses certain patterns and notes for different words to try to blend with the singing and to match the mood of the song.media type="file" key="musica_antiqua_merry_month_of_may.mp3" width="240" height="20"media type="file" key="Musica_Antiqua_alman.mp3" width="240" height="20"

The following link is to an audio sample of music during the Renaissance [] Works Cited Art, zantine. "Music in the Renaissance | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art." //The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: metmuseum.org//. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Jan. 2010. [].

"Medieval and Renaissance Instruments." //Iowa State University Department of Music & Theatre//. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Jan. 2010. [].

"Music from the Renaissance and Baroque." //Fathom :: The Source for Online Learning//. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Jan. 2010. [].

Real-Lexikon, Sachs in his. "The Transverse Flute." //Iowa State University Department of Music & Theatre//. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Jan. 2010. [].

"The Lute." //Iowa State University Department of Music & Theatre//. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Jan. 2010. [].

an, a U-curve allowed. "The Dulcian." //Iowa State University Department of Music & Theatre//. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Jan. 2010. [].

poize, which you may, and keep up the point of the Bow.. "The Viol family." //Iowa State University Department of Music & Theatre//. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Jan. 2010. [].

the, drawing upon. "The recorder." //Iowa State University Department of Music & Theatre//. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Jan. 2010. [].