Mid-Music History Review

What was the first drum made out of?

• Alligator Skin

• Bird Feathers

• Fish Scales

When was the earliest known examples of percussion instruments made from mammoth bones found in present-day Belgium?

• 100,000 BC

• 70,000 BC

• 50,000 BC

Musicologist believe the first musical instrument was the human voice.

• True

• False

Ancient music refers to various musical systems from Mesopotamia, Indus River Valley, Egypt, Greece, and Rome.

• True

• False

Who discovered pieces of four harps in 1929 in the ruins of Ur?

• Royalty Wren

• Sir Leonard Woolley

• Dr. Anne Kilmar

• Sir Edgar Allen Poe

Who was the Egyptian God who is credited with inventing music?

• Horus

• Hathor

• Osiris

• Sir Edgar Allen Poe

King Tut's trumpets were made of what two materials?

• Silver & Copper

• Copper & Gold

• Gold & Copper

• Plastic

The boreendo is made of what?

• Clay

• Wood

• Plastic

The Roman Empire borrowed heavily from music of cultures they conquered

• True

• False

The Medieval period of music history was music centered around what?

• Athletics

• Food

• Religion/Church