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Page 1: Secular music and polyphony

What was happening outside of the church

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Troubadours French storytellers

Wrote songs and performed for the wealthy

Began the rise of polyphony

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Polyphony

Mixing several simultaneous and independent melodic lines

Meaning:

Two or more melodies sung or played together

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Riches d’amour et mandians d’amie

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Rhythm

Franco of Cologne developed the modern system of rhythm