Renaissance: Music and Dance

What does the music term polyphony mean?

• A vocal song sung without instruments

• A song with more than one melody sang or played at the same time

• Many instruments playing together

• When the strings of a lute are strummed together

• A solo song sung with a single voice

What was the popular Renaissance music style called where three to six singers sang different melodies that interwove together?

• Hurdy gurdy

• Reverence

• Madrigal

• Harmony

• Doppio

What modern day musical instrument is the lute most similar to?

• Piano

• Trumpet

• Cello

• Flute

• Guitar

What type of musical performance was first written by Claudio Monteverdi in 1607?

• Opera

• Big band

• Jazz

• Rock and Roll

• Barbershop quartet

What Renaissance instrument looks sort of like a piano, but the strings are plucked when the keys are played?

• Lyre

• Harpsichord

• Lute

• Mandolin

• Hurdy gurdy

True or False: Renaissance composers were able to take advantage of the printing press to give their music a wider audience.

• True

• True

Which dance step was used as a greeting step at the start of a dance?

• Doppio

• Salarello

• Double

• Ballet

• Reverence

What was the pavane?

• A musical instrument similar to a guitar

• A type of music with several singers all singing in harmony

• A large choir that performed in church

• A walking dance where the dancers could show off their fancy clothes and gowns

• A theatre where official court dances were held

True or False: In Renaissance music the instruments were considered more important than vocals.

• True

• False

What were the two main types of dances during the Renaissance?

• Noble and peasant

• King and queen

• Country and court

• Solo and pairs

• Disco and hip hop