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Ancient Greek and Medieval Music

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Greek musical system was based on...

a)

Four basic descending modal scales

b)

Four basic ascending modal scales

c)

Eight basic ascending modal scales

d)

Two basic descending modal scales

2.

Three instruments in Ancient Greece:

a)

Lute, lyre, aulos

b)

Aulos, Lyre, Pan pipes

c)

Aulos, Organ, Kithara

d)

Lyre, Organ, Pan pipes

3.

Which one was the official religious music in the Middle Ages?

a)

Church Modes

b)

Medieval Motet

c)

Middle Ages Mass

d)

Gregorian Chant

4.

Gregorian chant is...

a)

Sung a cappella

b)

One melodic line

c)

Sung in latin

d)

All the answers are correct

5.

Which one is NOT a characteristic of Gregorian Chant?

a)

Narrow range

b)

No distinct rhythm

c)

Polyphonic

d)

Monophonic

6.

Gregorian chant is named after Pope Gregory I because...

a)

It was collected and organized during his papacy

b)

He ordered it to be named after him

c)

It was written during his papacy

d)

He composed lots of works

7.

Medieval music was based on both Major and Minor scales.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

What was a Troubadour?

a)

A male poet who sang about courtly love

b)

A male knight who practiced chivalry

c)

A french priest who sung of love for Christ

d)

A court jester who entertained feudal kings

9.

Troubadour and Trouvere songs were often about courtly love.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Which one was NOT a medieval instrument?

a)

Hurdy Gurdy

b)

Recorder

c)

Lute

d)

Violin

11.

Famous woman composer of the Middle Ages:

a)

Francessca Landini

b)

Hildegard von Bingen

c)

Michelle von Gille

d)

Hillary de Schatz

12.

What kind of songs did the king Alfonso X "The wise" composed?

a)

Romances

b)

Ballads

c)

Villancicos

d)

Cantigas

13.

Who were the trobairitz?

a)

The king's daughters.

b)

Women who sang in a choir.

c)

Female poets and composers, like the troubadours.

d)

The trobadours' mothers.

14.

Music that consists of Gregorian Chant and one additional melodic line is called....

a)

Motet

b)

Organum

c)

Homophony

d)

Monophonic singing

15.

Which one is NOT a medieval instrument?

a)

Shawm

b)

Harp

c)

Oboe

d)

Bagpipes

16.

During the Middle Ages, which style of music dealt with two musical lines at the same time?

a)

Polyphony

b)

Sacred music

c)

Secular music

d)

Monophony

17.

The most important intervals in Early polyphonic music were...

a)

2nd and 3rd

b)

4th and 5th

c)

3rd and 4th

d)

5th and 6th

18.

Which period gave us our music notation system?

a)

Ars Nova

b)

Ars Antiqua

c)

The Renaissance

d)

Ancient Greece

19.

The main textures found in Medieval music are...

a)

Monophonic and homophonic

b)

Polyphonic and heterophonic

c)

Monophonic and polyphonic

d)

Monophonic and heterophonic

20.

Secular music is any music played outside the church.

a)

true

b)

false