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A compositional technique making use of imitation and *voice exchange; also a complete work written using this technique. Most common in the 13th century and confined almost exclusively to Britain, it involved the composition of a simple melody that is consonant when combined with itself in imitation.

The Medieval Rondeau The poems consisted of four stanzas, in which the first and last were identical. These poems were often sung. They could be performed as solos or duets, accompanied or unaccompanied. The song form became known as the rondeau as well.

History of Rounds Examples of the round song forms date back as far as 12th Century Europe. Musical counterpoint, which is an element of composition that involves multiple melody lines played simultaneously by two or more voices, existed as early as the Medieval period.

Examples of Polyphony Rounds, canons, and fugues are all polyphonic. (Even if there is only one melody, if different people are singing or playing it at different times, the parts sound independent.)

No longer specifically a form of entertainment for the rich, secular music has diversified into a wide variety of genres, such as:

• Pop.
• Country.
• Rap.
• Rock and Roll.
• Hip Hop.
• Indie.
• Jazz.
• Heavy metal.

The Rondeau (also spelled Rondo) is a musical form that originated in the Baroque period and is still used today. It consists of sections of music where there is a central “A” theme that returns after digressions to the contrasting “B” and “C” sections.

The round is a song form in which three to five voices simultaneously sing a simple melody in unison or octaves starting at different times, often with each performer beginning two measures after the previous singer. The round music definition is very similar to the canon, its related song form.

It is one of the easiest forms of part singing, as only one line of melody need be learned by all parts, and is part of a popular musical tradition. They were particularly favoured in glee clubs, which combined amateur singing with regular drinking. The earliest known rounds date from 12th century Europe.

polyphony, in music, the simultaneous combination of two or more tones or melodic lines (the term derives from the Greek word for “many sounds”). Thus, even a single interval made up of two simultaneous tones or a chord of three simultaneous tones is rudimentarily polyphonic.

Polyphony (/pəˈlɪfəni/ pə-LIH-fə-nee) is a type of musical texture consisting of two or more simultaneous lines of independent melody, as opposed to a musical texture with just one voice (monophony) or a texture with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords (homophony).

Secular music is music that is intended for a non-religious audience, while sacred music serves a particular religious purpose in both Catholic and Protestant Christian traditions. The earliest recorded secular music (at least in the European tradition) was probably written for the entertainment of the rich.

Secular music is composed for the enjoyment of general audiences, not for any specific religious group. An example of secular music is ''Blackbird'' by The Beatles.