Secular music is defined in the Cambridge English Dictionary by The Free Dictionary.
Secular music is not religious.Secular means being separate from religion.Secular music was used in the West during the Medieval and Renaissance periods.Medieval life was influenced by Swaying authority from the Church that focused more on Common Law.Secular music in the Middle Ages included love songs, political satire, dances, and dramatic works.Secular music used drums, harps, recorders, and bagpipes because they were easy to carry around.Instruments were taught through oral tradition and provided great dancing music.Secular music has words in it.Words were added for people to sing together.Secularization changed the music styles.The motet was forbidden in the Church because it moved out and into the courts of nobility.Poems of celebration and chivalry of the troubadours from the south of France are the largest collection of secular music from this period.
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