Courbet?s The Stone Breakers (25.2) _________________

In Notre Dame polyphony, discant is defined as: a. when the solo voices move at roughly the same rate and are written inclearly defined modal rhythms

b. a two-voice passage of organum in which the tenor holds long tones whilethe upper voice sings a florid contrapuntal line. c. the section where the full choir responds to the organum passages sung bythe soloists. d. a group of two, three, or four written notes.

When the pitches of a melody lie close to one another on the staff, the melodic line is smooth or

A. lyrical. B. disjunct. C. conjunct. D. vocal.