It goes from the 5th Century to the 15th Century.
2) What general characteristics does it have (according to the teacher’s comments)?
2) What general characteristics does it have (according to the teacher’s comments)?
People sang in the streets, and they sang in cathedrals too, like the gregorian chants, and there are different social classes: some people had privileges, but other people not.
3) What is the main difference between “troubadours” and “minstrels”?
3) What is the main difference between “troubadours” and “minstrels”?
Minstrels travelled to win food or money, they offered their street shows in public places.
Troubadours ,were medieval musicians and poets, who composed their works and interpreted them.
4) Pay attention to these two monuments (a Romanic church and a Gothic cathedral). What do their different heights have in common with the music evolution of those centuries?
In the Romanic church, they sang highed-pitched songs, and in the Gothic cathedral they sang low-pitched songs.
5) What do you feel looking at these pictures (taken from the 19th century but directly linked to the Middle Ages)? In your own opinion, what kind of music could accompany these images?
It transmits me sadness.
6) Why does Heavy Metal music love this aesthetic?
Because we can say the heavy metal music is agressive, like dragons and knights, and the rhythm of heavy metal songs is very ''strong''.
