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WorksheetsMedieval Music
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
About when did the Medieval Period start?
476 A.D.
1000 B.C.
The Medieval Period was fake and never happened.
1962
What was the Medieval Period also known as?
The Roarin' 20s
The Age of Enlightenment
The Baroque Period
The Middle Ages
What type of music primarily existed during the Medieval Period?
instrumental
sacred/vocal
sacred/instrumental
secular
What does monophonic music mean?
really fun music
music with only 1 line
music with multiple lines
instrumental music
What was organum?
the addition of instruments to vocal music
secular music
the addition of a second line of music to the monophonic line
another word for an organ
For most of the Medieval Period, was there any music that was written down?
Yes
No
Possibly
How was music passed down?
oral tradition/orally
record players
printed sheet music
music was never passed down
Who was a famous female composer of the Medieval Period?
Taylor Swift
Michael Miller
Hildegard von Bingen
Clara Schumann
When Italian theorist Guido d' Arezzo created his musical notation, what 2 things was it lacking when compared to modern musical notation?
I have no idea.
nothing- it was perfect.
a 5th line on the staff and notation that dictated pitch
a 5th line on the staff and notation that dictated the rhythm
What musical period came after the Medieval Period
Renaissance
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
