What are the four main characteristics of early Medieval Music?

-thin "texture" (relatively few instruments as opposed to the "thick texture" of a full symphony orchestra);

-very rhythmic character; and repetitive quality,

-music stays within about an octave

-Medieval music set words simply. The ecclesiastical orders were quite clear about how a composer could work although many more notable pieces contain both syllabic and melismatic word settings.

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