Medieval music is music creating during the Middle Ages. The exact beginning and end of this era is hazy and not definite. Very few pieces of manuscript depicting written music from this era exists. Little was produced at the time because of the cost associated with it. And no, Keith Richards isn't a relic from the Medieval era. hahahahahah ....that wasn't funny. In the medieval era they upgraded from the bone flute to the wood flute. The foundations of music theory originate in this era, as it made it easier for music to passed around the world. Most people think of Medieval music as being European. While a majority of it is indeed European, there is Medieval music from Asia and other parts of the world. Little is heard about this or known about it, but it was there. The troubadors and trouveres made music was a vernacular tradition of monophonic secular song.
I lay traps for troubadours who get killed before they reach Bombay. - Sympathy for the Devil - The Rolling Stones
