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Music in the Middle Ages

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following developed during the Middle Ages

a)

Notation

b)

Expressions

c)

Polyphony

d)

Orchestra

2.

Which of the following is true about the school system and the church

a)

The school were part of the church

b)

Composers trained in the church system

c)

Monks dominated the education system

d)

Nobility and peasants were welcomed to receive education

3.

In the middle ages, what was the type of music that was NOT associated with pagan spectacles?

a)

Elaborate singing

b)

unaccompanied singing

c)

large choruses

d)

Instruments

4.

What was the term used to describe the school of singers that was attached to the church of rome

a)

Schola Cantorum

b)

Schola Cantoria

c)

Schola Chorale

d)

Schola Chantik

5.

What was the style of singing in the Gregorian Chant

a)

Monophonic

b)

Heterophonic

c)

Polyphonic

d)

Homophonic

6.

Which of the following describes the idea of Neumes?

a)

They are the Latin words for 'gesture'

b)

It is written above the text

c)

It is used to describe the direction of the notes

d)

It is part of a clef

7.

In Boethius's book, what were the elements discussed

a)

Consonance

b)

Scales

c)

Tunings

d)

Mannerisms

8.

In a church mode, what is a reciting tone?

a)

The main note

b)

The last note

c)

The second most important note

d)

The semitones around the final

9.

Who introduced the idea of 'Solmization'

a)

Boethius

b)

Guido of Arrezzo

c)

Pope Gregory

d)

Hildergard von Bingen

10.

What is the term used to describe the text setting for 'Chants that include passages that have long melodic passages on a single syllable

a)

Syllabic

b)

Neumatic

c)

Melismatic

d)

Gregorian Chant