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WorksheetsMid-Music History Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What was the first drum made out of?
Alligator Skin
Bird Feathers
Fish Scales
When was the earliest known examples of percussion instruments made from mammoth bones found in present-day Belgium?
100,000 BC
70,000 BC
50,000 BC
Musicologist believe the first musical instrument was the human voice.
True
False
Ancient music refers to various musical systems from Mesopotamia, Indus River Valley, Egypt, Greece, and Rome.
True
False
Who discovered pieces of four harps in 1929 in the ruins of Ur?
Royalty Wren
Sir Leonard Woolley
Dr. Anne Kilmar
Sir Edgar Allen Poe
Who was the Egyptian God who is credited with inventing music?
Horus
Hathor
Osiris
Sir Edgar Allen Poe
King Tut's trumpets were made of what two materials?
Silver & Copper
Copper & Gold
Gold & Copper
Plastic
The boreendo is made of what?
Clay
Wood
Plastic
The Roman Empire borrowed heavily from music of cultures they conquered
True
False
The Medieval period of music history was music centered around what?
Athletics
Food
Religion/Church
Secular music is about religion
True
False
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of medieval music?
Standardized rhythmic patterns
Troubadours and trouveres
Unlimited instrumental music
Monophony
The term "Gregorian" in Gregorian chant refers to whom?
Pope Gregory I
Monk Greg
King George III
George Washington
Hildegard Van Bingen was a medieval female composer who wrote for her fellow nuns.
True
False
A motet is an example of ars nova.
True
False
New rules for counterpoint during the Renaissance period controlled...
Melodies
Harmony
Dissonance
Cadences
What Italian city was known during the Renaissance Period as the music center?
Venice
Florence
Milan
Palestrina was an Italian composer of what kind of music?
Sacred Music
Secular Music
EDM
R&B
Madrigals are sacred vocal music compositiions.
True
False
The lute was the most popular instrument to play in the Renaissance.
True
False
