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NATIONAL BOARD EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS music of the middle ages was dominated by - ....ANSWER ...-vocal music that could be separated into sacred and secular sacred music vs. secular music in middle ages - ....ANSWER ...-Gregorian chant and masses vs. music for dance and entertainment, such as that of the troubadours and trouveres gregorian chant characteristics included: - ....ANSWER ...-free flowing with no distinct meter, melismatic, and largely monophonic. sung by unaccompanied voice or choir. this development in sacred music featured an early form of polyphony in which voices were sung in parallel motion - ....ANSWER ...-organum masses during the middle ages featured this - ....ANSWER ...-non-imitative polyphony the most important form of Medieval polyphony was the - ....ANSWER ...-motet, which spanned both sacred and secular. by the end of the middle ages secular music saw - ....ANSWER ...-drone accompaniment, regular meter, syncopations, polyphony, and harmony ...©️ 2025, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1