6th Grade Quiz

The Medieval period was...

• 200 AD-1500 AD

• Prehistoric times

• 1900-2000

Plainchant is an example of..

• quartets

• monophonic music

• polyphonic music

What language was plainchant sung in:

• French

• Spanish

• Latin

Historians know about ancient musical instruments from:

• Cave paintings and buried instruments

• videos

• google

Example of an ancient instrument

• keyboard

• bones/drums

• tuba

Renaissance Period:

• 200-1400 AD

• 1400-1600 AD

• 1800-2000

What invention of the Renaissance changed how music was made and distributed?

• the computer

• Compass

• Printing press

Name a popular string instrument of the Renaissance Period?

• Harpsichord

• Clavichord

• Lute

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) String

,

(b) Wind

,

(c) Percussion

• Ocarina

• Lute

• Bells

• Trumpet

• Hurdy Gurdy

• Shawm

• Dulcimer

• Fiddle

• Lizard

• Cymbals

• Tambourine

• Sackbut

Musicians of the Medieval period were called:

• Motet

• Monks

• Minstrels