Medieval Music

The word Medieval means... ?

• Middle Ages

• An Evil

• Religious Music

• Latin Music

About when did the Medieval Period start ?

• 500 BC

• 1000 BC

• 1400 BC

• The Medieval Period was fake and never happened

What type of music primarily existed during the Medieval Period?

• instrumental

• sacred/vocal

• sacred/instrumental

• secular

What does monophonic music mean?

• really fun music

• music with multiple lines

• music with only 1 line

• instrumental music

What was organum?

• the addition of instruments to vocal music

• secular music

• the addition of a second line of music to the monophonic line

• another word for an organ

How was music passed down?

• oral tradition/orally

• record players

• printed sheet music

• music was never passed down

Who was a famous female composer of the Medieval Period?

• Taylor Swift

• Michael Miller

• Clara Schumann

• Hildegard von Bingen

When Italian theorist Guido d' Arezzo created his musical notation, what 2 things was it lacking when compared to modern musical notation?

• I have no idea.

• a 5th line on the staff and notation that dictated pitch

• a 5th line on the staff and notation that dictated the rhythm

• nothing- it was perfect.

What was the most widely form of chant?

• Gregorian

• Lutheran

• Elizabethan

• Catholic

Gregorian Chant uses

• piano

• voices only

• Church Organ

• voices and piano