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Medieval Music History... 5E

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The word Medieval means...

a)

Middle Ages

b)

A little bit evil

c)

Religious Music

d)

Latin Music

2.

Medieval music was all religious.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Another word for religious is secular.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Most religious Medieval music was sung in Latin.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Plainchant is a single line of melody.

a)

True

b)

False

6.
When was the Medieval Era?
a)
1492
b)
500-100 BC
c)
450-1450 AD
d)
1600-1650
7.
What does secular mean?
a)
non-religious
b)
religious
c)
pertaining to secu
d)
That you're popular
8.
What is a melisma?
a)
one syllable per note
b)
a word
c)
An earthquake
d)
one syllable over multiple notes
9.
A type of song the monks sang was:
a)
Sea Chanteys
b)
Gregorian Chant
c)
Nursery Rhymes
d)
Monkey songs
10.
The __________ was the center of musical life
a)
church
b)
art
c)
king
d)
Roman Empire
11.

Almost all music was sung by _____.

a)

Men

b)

Women

12.

What is polyphony?

a)

A single melody

b)

A single melody accompanied by chords

c)

Many melodies

13.

What was the Medieval Era also known as?

a)

The Dark Ages

b)

The Enlightenment

c)

The Middle Ages

d)

The Iron Age

14.

Who owned most of the land in the Medieval Era?

a)

Peasants and knights

b)

Nobles and the Church

c)

The middle class

d)

The bourgeoisie

15.

What is the term for chant with multiple notes per syllable of text?

a)

melismatic

b)

neumatic

c)

syllabic

d)

polyphonic

16.

Poet musicians that sang about courtly love are called...

a)

Minstrels

b)

Nobleman

c)

Travelers

d)

Troubadours

17.

Secular meaning...

a)

Non-Religious

b)

Religious

c)

Piano

d)

Church

18.

Gregorian Chant uses

a)

piano

b)

electric guitar

c)

voices only

d)

voices and piano

19.
 one voice part. All voices sing same notes 
a)
a capella
b)
unison
c)
sacred
d)
secular
20.

Name 4 Characteristics of this period music.

a)

A Cappella

Gregorian Chant

Monophonic

Polyphonic

b)

Secular

Women singing

Monophonic

Polyphonic

c)

Monophonic

All Sacred

Leaps in music

Used a Bass line

21.

What are the three textures used in this period?

a)

Monophonic, Sacred, Homophonic

b)

Troubadour, Polyphonic, Homophonic

c)

Homophonic, Polyphonic, Sacred

d)

Polyphonic, Monophonic, Homophonic

22.

Select the composer in the Medieval Period

a)

Leonin

b)

Bach

c)

Handel

d)

Chopin

23.

What year secular music begin?

a)

1450

b)

1100

c)

1230

d)

450

24.

A type of itinerant poet-musician of southern France

a)

Song Writer

b)

Poet

c)

Troubadour

d)

Artiste

25.

What was the form used in this time?

a)

Binary

b)

Ternary

c)

Rondo

d)

Strophic

26.

Small Bells instrument can be identified as a ...

a)

Aerophone

b)

Idiophone

c)

Chordophone

d)

Brass