Elements of Music
(Central Concepts Displayed)

Number

Concept

Text ( = Yes)

Instances

Embeddedness

1

Early Music

33

250

2

1183-1238?

2

12

3

140 beats-per-minute

1

8

4

1520-1586

1

6

5

1525-1594

1

8

6

16th century

2

10

7

2/4

1

10

8

3/4

1

10

9

4/4

1

10

10

80 beats-per-minute

2

16

11

a cappella

1

14

12

A una amante infidele

1

2

13

accompaniment

1

8

14

Alma redemptoris mater

1

9

15

alto

1

33

16

amplitude

1

9

17

Ancient Period of Music

1

18

18

Andrea Gabrieli

6

33

19

anon

1

18

20

antiphons

1

4

21

Art and Music History

1

28

22

bagpipe

2

37

23

bass

2

37

24

bass recorder

°•

4

67

25

beat

1

10

26

beats-per-minute

2

9

27

bow

1

7

28

bowing

1

7

29

brass

1

23

30

c. 1400 A.D. - 1600 A.D.

1

28

31

c. 600 A.D. - 1400 A.D.

1

18

32

Cantus firmus

6

10

33

canzona

1

4

34

chanson

3

31

35

choirmaster

3

20

36

chordophone

1

7

37

Claudio Monteverdi

1

28

38

collegium musicum

1

33

39

composer

1

6

40

composition

2

19

41

consort

11

61

42

cornetto

°•

7

93

43

cornettos

1

11

44

Counter Reformation

1

8

45

counterpoint

1

6

46

countrapuntal voices

1

6

47

curved cornetto

°

3

44

48

curved line

1

8

49

double reed

1

14

50

Early composition

1

6

51

Early dance

8

90

52

Early dynamics

9

48

53

Early harmony

1

33

54

Early instruments

23

186

55

Early melody

5

45

56

Early meter

10

44

57

1098-1179

1

4

58

Early music genre

11

119

59

Early rhythm

2

43

60

Early song

12

86

61

Early strings

7

60

62

Early tempo

8

44

63

Early timbre

1

33

64

Early vocal music

7

104

65

edge tone

1

14

66

eighth-note = 100 bpm

1

8

67

estampie

1

4

68

existing melody

1

6

69

fantasia

4

47

70

final flourish

1

6

71

flute

2

37

72

fraction

1

10

73

galliard

°•

6

46

74

gemshorn

2

37

75

Gilles Binchois

1

28

76

Giovanni Palestrina

8

39

77

Gregorian chant

1

9

78

Guillaume Dufay

1

28

79

harp

1

23

80

harpsichord

1

23

81

Hildegard von Bingen

°•

4

29

82

homophony

1

33

83

human speech

1

14

84

human voice

14

90

85

hymn

1

12

86

improvisation

2

6

87

instrument

1

5

88

instrumental composition

1

6

89

instrumental music

4

36

90

instrumental suite

1

28

91

instrumentation

1

4

92

Italian Renaissance composer

1

8

93

John Dunstable

1

28

94

Josquin des Prez

1

28

95

key

1

10

96

kind

1

11

97

kortholt

2

34

98

leaping dance

1

6

99

Leonin

6

33

100

lied

1

12

101

loud

2

18

102

lute

°•

5

61

103

madrigal

5

86

104

masque

0

0

105

mechanisms

1

23

106

Medieval Period of Music

1

18

107

Medieval Play

1

18

108

melisma

2

13

109

melody from Middle Ages

1

6

110

melody instrument

1

7

111

Middle Ages

18

150

112

mode

°•

3

47

113

model for Early instruments

1

14

114

monophony

8

49

115

music

1

14

116

musical sound

2

37

117

notation

2

3

118

note values

1

10

119

notes

1

14

120

one melody

1

8

121

organ

1

23

122

organist

1

8

123

organum

2

21

124

Orlando de Lassus

1

28

125

ornament

1

5

126

others

1

28

127

passamezzo

1

8

128

pavane

2

14

129

percussion

1

23

130

performance

2

4

131

performer

1

1

132

periodicity

0

0

133

Perotin

6

33

134

Persia

1

7

135

pitch

1

14

136

plainchant

9

111

137

plucking

1

7

138

polyphonic music

2

12

139

polyphonic secular song

1

6

140

polyphony

3

43

141

psaltery

0

0

142

rackets

1

11

143

recorder

1

14

144

recorders

1

11

145

reed

3

29

146

reed cap

1

3

147

Renaissance

28

185

148

Renaissance composer

1

6

149

sackbuts

1

11

150

saltarello

1

8

151

School of Notre Dame

2

12

152

shawm

1

14

153

shawms

1

11

154

short pieces

1

6

155

singer

1

8

156

single reed

1

14

157

soft

2

18

158

soprano

1

33

159

sound

1

14

160

Spanish

1

6

161

Spanish song

1

6

162

speech

1

14

163

St. Marks Cathedral

1

6

164

strophic song

1

12

165

style

2

19

166

stylized body movement

1

8

167

suite

6

92

168

sung

1

6

169

tablature

1

2

170

technique

1

1

171

tempo

1

2

172

tenor

1

33

173

text

1

33

174

text and music

1

12

175

texture of Early music

1

8

176

texture of music

1

8

177

Thomas Tallis

°•

1

28

178

time

1

8

179

tone

1

14

180

triple meter

1

6

181

Troubador song

2

19

182

type

1

11

183

Venice

1

6

184

very soft

1

9

185

vibration of vocal cords

1

14

186

vielle

0

0

187

villancico

6

44

188

viol consort

1

1

189

viola da gamba

1

1

190

viols

1

11

191

virtuoso performers

1

4

192

voice

1

7

193

woodwinds

14

54

194

_chest of viols_

1

11

195

_nest of recorders_

1

11