Guillaume de Machaut listening journal

The piece is composed of cordophones, membraneaphones, and an aerophone. The membraneaphone is playing accompaniment along while the chordophone and aerophone takes turns playing melody with a voice. The piece has dynamic contrast when the melody switches between instrumental and voice. The instrumental section is forte while the voice is mezzo forte. The meter is 4/4 which you can hear in the membranaphone, and the tempo is moderato. The piece is disjunct in the instrumental section with the instrument jumping up and down in pitch. The voice on the other hand is conjunct building up rather than jumping. Since composer is Machaut we know it id from the middle ages. The piece is also not in Latin so it is likely not a religious piece, this is also supported by the large focus on instrumental melody. Based on the use of words like "douce" and "qu'en" the piece is likly being sung in french mixed with the instrumental and tempo it was likely the piece was made as a song to dance to rather than listen to in a religions gathering.