secular music and polyphony

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What was happening outside of the church

Troubadours French storytellers

Wrote songs and performed for the wealthy

Began the rise of polyphony

Polyphony

Mixing several simultaneous and independent melodic lines

Meaning:

Two or more melodies sung or played together

Riches d’amour et mandians d’amie

Rhythm

Franco of Cologne developed the modern system of rhythm

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