| That puts sounds together in a way that people like
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| Or find interesting
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| Most music includes people singing with their voices
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| Or playing musical instruments
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| Such as the piano, guitar, or drums
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| Music is a form of entertainment
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| That puts sounds together in a way that people like
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| Or find interesting
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| Most music includes people singing with their voices
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| Or playing musical instruments
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| Such as the piano, guitar, or drums
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| In the Renaissance, roughly 1400−1550
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| There was a lot of music
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| And many composers wrote music
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| That has survived so that it can be performed
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| Played or sung today
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| The name for this period, Renaissance, is a French word
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| Which means «rebirth»
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| This period was called the «rebirth» because many new types of art
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| And music were reborn during this time
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| Some very beautiful music was written for use in church services
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| Sacred music
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| By the Italian composer Giovanni da Palestrina
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| In Palestrina’s music, many singers sing together
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| This is called a choir
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| There was also plenty of music not written for the church |
| Such as happy dance music and romantic love songs
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| Popular instruments during the Renaissance included the viols
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| A string instrument played with a bow
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| Lutes
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| A plucked stringed instrument that is a little like a guitar
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| And the virginal
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| A small, quiet keyboard instrument
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| Music is a form of entertainment
|
| That puts sounds together in a way that people like
|
| Or find interesting
|
| Most music includes people singing with their voices
|
| Or playing musical instruments
|
| Such as the piano, guitar, or drums
|
| Music is a form of entertainment
|
| That puts sounds together in a way that people like
|
| Or find interesting
|
| Most music includes people singing with their voices
|
| Or playing musical instruments
|
| Such as the piano, guitar, or drums |