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Medieval Instruments

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A Flute was made of wood in the Medieval Era.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Trumpets were longer and skinnier than they are today and were used for

a)

to alert the people of danger.

b)

fanfares and pageants.

c)

to help call the cattle.

3.

A bagpipe was made using a goat or sheep skin with a reed pipe and was played by

a)

royalty.

b)

people of the King's court.

c)

the poorest people.

d)

middle class people.

4.

A Crumhorn was a double reed instrument.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

This instrument was an egg-shaped woodwind instrument with a mouth piece and finger holes.

a)

Flute

b)

Violin

c)

Harp

d)

Ocarina

6.

A slender double-reed woodwind instrument was called

a)

Hautboy

b)

Ocarina

c)

Lizard

d)

Flute

7.

The instrument originally made of a horn (ox or a ram) was called

a)

Hautboy

b)

Bombard

c)

Horn

d)

Ocarina

8.

The harp was played by the

a)

King.

b)

Queen.

c)

Troubadours and minstrels.

d)

Peasants.

9.

The plucked string instrument that had a pear-shaped body, fretted fingerboard and bent at the neck was the

a)

Fiddle

b)

Harp

c)

Lute

d)

Psaltery

10.

The early version of the violin was called the

a)

Psaltery

b)

Rebec

c)

Chittarone

d)

Cittern

11.

This fretted string instrument was very long, being about 6 feet tall!

a)

Chittarone

b)

Harp

c)

Dulcimer

d)

Lute

12.

An instrument similar to the lute (strings and fretted fingerboard) was

a)

Clavichord

b)

Dulcimer

c)

Mandoline

d)

Spinet

13.

The Dulcimer was a flat string instrument that sat on your lap, and you struck the strings with small hammers.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

How many strings did a viol have?

a)

10

b)

4

c)

6

d)

2

15.

Which is true about a viol?

a)

6 strings, played on the lap or between the legs, used a bow and had frets.

b)

6 strings, played on the floor, used a bow and had frets.

c)

4 strings, played on the neck, used a bow, and had frets.

d)

4 strings, played on the lap or between the legs, used a bow and had frets.

16.

Drums were made from

a)

Aluminum and leaves.

b)

Hollow tree trunk, clay or metal, and covered by skins of water animals.

c)

Metal and leaves.

17.

Thin round concave metal plates that are hit together to create a sound are called

a)

Drums.

b)

Viol.

c)

Flute.

d)

Cymbals.

18.

A metal instrument that looks like a triangle and is hit with a small metal bar is called

a)

Cymbals.

b)

Squares.

c)

Triangles.

d)

Circles.

19.

One small drum that was used as an accompaniment to a pipe or fife (both being played by the same person) was

a)

Timbrel

b)

Tabor

c)

Tambourine

d)

Cymbals

20.

An instrument that belongs to the string family, where the bow was replaced by strings attached to a wheel which was cranked by a handle was called

a)

Hurdy-gurdy

b)

Timbrel

c)

Bells

d)

Tambourine

21.

A circular instrument played mainly by women, that had stretched animal skin with little cymbals all around it

a)

Triangle

b)

Drum

c)

Tambourine

d)

Tabor