Early Music Quiz #1

The following paragraph is a brief sequence of events in early music history. Read it carefully, and place in order the statements below the paragraph by numbering them 1-5. - The Greeks worked music for the harp and wind families. - J. S. Bach was a composer during the baroque period. - Primitive men discovered melody from the changing pitches of their voices. - Minstrels were traveling singers of the Middle Ages. - The Egyptian civilization jingled metal rods to make music.

Place each letter in the blank beside the correct answer. A. traveling singers _______ B. clapped disks together _______ C. 1600 - 1750 _______ D. primitive man _______ E. music theories _______

• Middle Ages

• Egyptians

• baroque period

• Greeks

• Egyptians

True or False A. The harp was a popular instrument in the Greek civilization. B. Historians know exactly how the earliest music sounded. C. The music of the baroque period was plain and unemotional. D. The Egyptians had traveling singers called minstrels and bards. E. The baroque period's most famous composer was J. S. Bach.

• True

• False

Look carefully at each instrument below. Notice the different characteristics, and see if you can match each instrument with its proper description. Write the name of the instrument in the blank beside the description. 1. It is a set of fixed bells. This instrument was usually played by a person sitting at a keyboard.

2. This is the oldest instrument of the string family that is played with the fingers rather than with a bow. This instrument has many strings.

3. This is a tubelike instrument which may be long or short. Man first used this instrument to send signals, give warnings, or frighten away animals. Some of the first ones were made from the horns of animals.

4. This instrument looks somewhat like the piano. The strings are plucked to produce a short tone whenever the player strikes a key.

5. This is a wooden instrument with a whistlelike mouthpiece. It produces a sound similar to that of the flute.

6. This instrument has a pear-shaped body, and the head is set at an angle to the neck of the instrument.

7. This is a musical instrument in which the sound is made by wind pressure. It has a keyboard and pipes.