A new type of song was created by the troubadours of southern France who flourished from about 1100 to 1300. Many of them were of noble birth, so their music were designed for the ears of upper class people. Troubadours often wrote both the words and music to their songs.

ides of the street.” Although writing of the middle ages lets us know a bit about various medieval music, church music has been the only common remains of music composed before the year 1000.

Another type of music called part music was also developed during the Middle Ages. Part music is music in which two or more voices sing different notes at the same time. As an example, when men and women sing together, the women sing an octave higher than the men. All part music was performed by a group of soloists, one to each part. Organum, a technique of part music, is when separate voices sang the melody on different pitches, three or four notes apart, moving in parallel motion. Another interesting type of part music is called polyphony. Thi

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