WorksheetsMedieval Music
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The word Medieval means...
Middle Ages
A little bit evil
Religious Music
Latin Music
Medieval music was all religious.
True
False
Another word for religious is sacred?
True
False
Another word for religious is secular.
True
False
A drone is a repeated pattern.
True
False
A drone is a long held note.
True
False
A drone is a....
Repeated pattern.
Long held note.
Musical Instrument.
Pattern of long and short notes.
An ostinato is a long held note.
True
False
An ostinato is a repeated pattern.
True
False
An ostinato is a....
Repeated pattern.
Long held note.
Musical instrument.
A language.
Most religious Medieval music was sung in Latin.
True
False
Choose the WRONG answer to the following statement:
Religious music was normally in Latin because..
Latin was an educated language, English was for the commoners.
All their texts were written in Latin, English was only just starting to be written down.
It was traditional to use Latin in Church.
English hadn't been invented.
A melody is...
A mix of high and low notes that sound nice.
A pattern made from long and short notes.
Playing two or more notes together.
Another word for melody is...
The tune.
The rhythm.
The beat.
Harmony means....
Playing two or more notes together.
A pattern of long or short notes.
The tune.
The harmony is playing or singing two or more notes at the same time.
True
False
Plainchant is a single line of melody.
True
False
Organum is a type of harmony.
True
False
Organum means...
Adding a second melody line in parallel with the first.
Performing a totally new melody with the first one.
The drone.
Texture describes...
How many different parts are playing at the same time.
How loud or soft the music is.
How fast or slow the music is.
