Music History

Which is NOT a type of music genre?

• Classical

• Metal

• Step Up

• Rhythm and Blues

What is a genre?

• Loud, angry sounding music

• A category of Music OR Books

• A category of Books ONLY

• A category of Music ONLY

How old are the oldest types of musical instruments?

• 58,000 years old

• 2,000 years old

• 43,000 years old

• 111,000 years old

Where were the oldest types of flute found?

• Slovenia and Germany

• Slovakia and Kazakhstan

• Vietnam and Laos

• China

"While you live, shine / Have no grief at all / Life exists only for a short while / And time demands its toll." - Where were these words found?

• A tombstone in Turkey

• A jar in Greece

• A wall in Syria

• A tablet in Turkmenistan

What does đàn đá mean in English?

• Telephone

• Xylophone

• Styrofoam

• Lithophone

What is a minstrel?

• A minstrel was a skilled poet who sang of love, war, courting, and knighthood

• A minstrel was a person who made an instrument called a Lyre

• A minstrel travelled from place to place and sang of distant lands, historical and mythical events

• A minstrel was a thief who often stole from people while they were distracted by music

What was a troubadour?

• A troubadour travelled from town to town and sang about distant lands, historical and mythical events

• A troubadour sang about love, war, courting, and knighthood

• A troubadour often got into trouble by stealing from people who were distracted by music

• A troubadour is a type of instrument similar to a Lyre

Put these classical periods in order:

• Romantic, Baroque, Classical

• Classical, Baroque part 1, Baroque part 2, Romantic

• Romantic, Classical, Baroque

• Baroque, Classical, Romantic

What is the name of a classical music piece that uses a hammer?

• Lucerne Tweedy's First Symphony

• Benedict Cumberbatch's Ninth Symphony

• Gustav Mahler's Sixth Symphony

• Barristan Selmy's Third Symphony