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CHAPTER 12: The Rise of Instrumental Music 2.

New instruments: the sackbut (early form of trombone) and


crumhorn, an instrument with an enclosed double reed (see
Chapter Outline: HWM Figures 12.1 and 12.2)
I. Introduction 3. Percussion instruments were more refined and diverse than in
A. After 1450, more instrumental music was written down. the past, but parts were never written out for them.

1. Indicates that music without voices was considered worthy of C. String instruments
preserving 1. Plucked
2. Indicates musical literacy of instrumentalists a. The lute was the most popular household instrument
B. New instruments and genres developed. (see HWM Figures 12.3, 11.2, 11.4).

1. Dance music and instrumental versions of vocal music b. Lutes have six courses of strings and a round back.
continued to be composed. c. Vihuela was a guitar-like Spanish instrument with a
2. New genres were not dependent on dance or vocal models. flat back.

3. For the first time, instrumental music was as interesting and 2. Bowed
challenging as vocal music. a. The viol (viola da gamba or leg-viol) had frets and
II. Instruments was played in consorts.

A. Trends of Renaissance instruments b. The violin descended from the medieval fiddle and
was developed in Italy for dance music.
1. Books in the vernacular described instruments and offered
instruction. D. Keyboard instruments

a. Musica getutscht und ausgezogen (Music Explained) 1. Organ


by Sebastian Virdung, Germany, 1511, was the first. a. Large church organs, similar to today's, were installed
b. Michael Praetorius's (ca. 1571-1621) Syntagma by 1500.
musicum (A Systematic Treatise of Music, 1618) b. Pedal keyboards were used only in Germany.
includes woodcut illustrations of instruments of the
time (HWM Figure 12.1). c. Builders added more stops (ranks of pipes).

2. Haut and bas (high and low) continue as designations for loud d. The portative organ was still popular (see HWM
and soft. Figure 12.2).

3. Consorts 2. Clavichord

a. Instrument families were built in sets of different a. Soft-sounding solo instrument for small rooms
sizes, covering a wide range.
b. Tone is sustained until player releases the key.
b. Mixed consorts were also used.
c. Player can control volume and can create vibrato.
c. Most musicians played several instruments.
3. Harpsichord family
B. Wind and percussion instruments
a. Includes harpsichord, virginal (England), clavecin
1. Instruments from the Middle Ages: recorders, transverse (France), clavicembalo (Italy)
flutes, shawms, cornetts, trumpets

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