WorksheetsMedieval Music
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
When was the Medieval Era?
1400-1600 AD
1750-1825 AD
400-1450 AD
1900- Present
What was the Medieval Era also known as?
The Dark Ages
The Enlightenment
The Middle Ages
The Iron Age
Who owned most of the land in the Medieval Era?
Peasants and knights
Nobles and the Church
The middle class
The bourgeoisie
What was Medieval life centered around?
The Norse gods
Greek mythology
The Episcopal Church
The Catholic Church
What was one of the only ways to formally study music in the Medieval Era?
in private lessons
At a university
Through the Church
In secret
What was the governing system that existed in Europe during the Medieval Era?
Feudalism
Democratic Socialism
Communism
Capitalism
Which of these were part of the hierarchy of Medieval life?
Lord
Clergy
Knights
Peasants
What is it called when people give 1/10th of their earnings to the church?
Taxes
Tithe
Atonement
Dues
What is monody?
has only one line of sung melody
has multiple lines of melody
has only one note
one rhythm
What is the term for chant with one syllable of text per note?
melismatic
plainsong
polyphonic
syllabic
What is the term for chant with multiple notes per syllable of text?
melismatic
neumatic
syllabic
polyphonic
What is the term for songs written in vernacular instead of Latin?
Pop song
Traveling song
Secular song
Canon
What topics did secular songs usually cover?
Love
Mourning
War
Daily life
Who were the most important composers of secular music?
Minstrels
Troubadours
Choristers
Vingt-quatre Violons du roi
What was the Medieval equivalent to street performers?
Minstrels
Troubadours
Petits Violons
Choristers
What was the double-reed ancestor of the oboe?
hurdy-gurdy
viol
shawm
sackbut
Bonus: Who was the mathematician that helped develop a precise tuning system?
Apollo
Pythagoras
Orpheus
Eurydice
