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WorksheetsMusic of Ancient Mesopotamia
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3mins
Musicians in Ancient Mesopotamia served primarily in which two (2) venues?
court
market place
schools
temple
Which kind of instrument was believed to NOT have been used by Ancient Sumerians?
harp
viol
tambourine
rattle
T or F: Because ancient musicians were valued highly in their skills, they were treated like court officials.
True
False
This reconstructed musical instrument from Ancient Mesopotamia is called:
bull's harp
cow-head harp
bull-headed lyre
moosicalf
Which musical skill played a key role in religious rituals and court ceremonies?
playing of the lyre
singing
composing
dancing
T or F: There were no distinctions made between the responsibilities of male and female court musicians.
True
False
Thes ancient Hurrian tablets from Ugarit are said to contain the:
oldest known melodies
history of Akkadian music
list of important musicians
instructions to Akkadian musical performance
T or F: Tuning was an essential component in ancient Mesopotamian musical practice.
True
False
Based on existing lexical list of intervals, what kind of scale was most probably being used in ancient Mesopotamia?
pentatonic
hexatonic
tetratonic
heptatonic
Which musicologist was responsible for cataloguing ancient Sumerian instruments?
Suzanne Cusick
Ursula Gunther
Marcelle Dechesne-Guillemin
Joan Rimmer
