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Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 3600secs
What is the 1st time period in music?
Baroque
Classical
Medieval
20th Century
What is a lute?
Like a violin
12 string instrument looks like a present day guitar
Part of the string family
What is an orchestra?
A group of instruments playing together
Sounds playing together
A musical group
Name 2 Classical Period composers
Vivaldi and Handel
Bach and Beethoven
Haydn and Mozart
What is nationalism?
Dedicated to a movement
Loyalty to a country or group of people
None of these
What does Baroque mean?
Odd or new
Vibrant or energetic
Strange or excessive
What was the first "sounds" of music?
Singing and clapping
Sounds of nature
Old folk songs
What is the first instrument?
The drums
Clapping
Singing
The flute
What type of music was played during the Medieval period?
Secular music
Non-church music
Sacred music
Christian music
What does Renaissance mean?
New beginnings
Refresh
Renew
Rebirth
Name 2 musical instruments invented during the Renaissance period.
Violin and Viola
Cello and Double Bass
Clavichord and Lute
None of these
Thomas Tallis, Orlando Gibbons, and William Byrd belong to which time period?
Medieval
Baroque
Renaissance
Romantic
What is the viol?
Not a violin
Also known as Viola da gamba
Ensemble
What is monophony?
Music made of one melody line with background music
One line of harmony
Music made of one melody line with no background music
20th century music is considered to be?
Proud and True
Rebellious and Traditional
Wild and Unfocused
None of the above
What plays a part in the evolution of modern music?
Keyboards
Technology
Manipulated Sounds
What is polyphony?
Two melody lines with background music.
2 or more instruments playing together.
Two melody lines heard at the same time that were sung or played in harmony.
What is an opera?
Story with drama representation that is set to music.
A play with talking and singing.
Both of these
What is homophony?
One musical line
Is music that has one melody and background music
Same sounding music
A very skilled performer is called?
A musician
A trained performer
A virtuoso
A small group of musicians performing together, typically playing instrumental music of the Renaissance period
Ensemble
Consort
Orchestra
Chamber
A solo song, although occasionally with more parts. Accompanied by lute.
Aria
Solo
Concerto
Ayre
They were sung in unison by monks and based on the various modes which were used at this time.
Plainchants
Chants
Songs
Monophonic songs from the medieval period.
Sacred Songs
Secular Music
Plainsongs
Gregorian Chants
Is a polyphonic choral composition that sets to portions of the liturgy to music.
Service
Mass
Song
The Ordinary consist of how many parts?
4
3
5
6
Religious music, often polyphonic, a cappella style of the composition with imitative entries through all the voices. Sung in English
Movement
Symphony
Anthem
Fanfare
A short composition with Latin text for performance in a Roman Catholic church.
Mass
Motet
Movement
Mode
Name 2 Renaissance dances
Waltz and Ballet
Swing and Slide
Pavane and Gillard
2 forms of Renaissance secular music
Jazz and Blues
Madrigal and Ballett
Motet and Mode
