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Medieval Music

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

About when did the Medieval Period start?

a)

476 A.D.

b)

1000 B.C.

c)

The Medieval Period was fake and never happened.

d)

1962

2.

What was the Medieval Period also known as?

a)

The Roarin' 20s

b)

The Age of Enlightenment

c)

The Baroque Period

d)

The Middle Ages

3.

What type of music primarily existed during the Medieval Period?

a)

instrumental

b)

sacred/vocal

c)

sacred/instrumental

d)

secular

4.

What does monophonic music mean?

a)

really fun music

b)

music with only 1 line

c)

music with multiple lines

d)

instrumental music

5.

What was organum?

a)

the addition of instruments to vocal music

b)

secular music

c)

the addition of a second line of music to the monophonic line

d)

another word for an organ

6.

For most of the Medieval Period, was there any music that was written down?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Possibly

7.

How was music passed down?

a)

oral tradition/orally

b)

record players

c)

printed sheet music

d)

music was never passed down

8.

Who was a famous female composer of the Medieval Period?

a)

Taylor Swift

b)

Michael Miller

c)

Hildegard von Bingen

d)

Clara Schumann

9.

When Italian theorist Guido d' Arezzo created his musical notation, what 2 things was it lacking when compared to modern musical notation?

a)

I have no idea.

b)

nothing- it was perfect.

c)

a 5th line on the staff and notation that dictated pitch

d)

a 5th line on the staff and notation that dictated the rhythm

10.

What musical period came after the Medieval Period

a)

Renaissance

b)

Baroque

c)

Classical

d)

Romantic