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Renaissance music

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 9hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If a song has imitation, we can also say that it is:

a)

monophonic

b)

polyphonic

c)

fast

2.

Instrumental music is important than vocal music during Renaissance period.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Renaissance music is an era that is known as the "Golden age of a cappella" choral music.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Renaissance-era is also a period of humanism and optimism.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

The term Renaissance comes from the word renaitre which means “rebirth, ―revival, and ―rediscovery.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What is the difference between a Mass movement and a motet?

a)

Mass movements have changing religious texts, motets have a set text.

b)

Mass movements are sacred, motets are secular.

c)

There is no difference.

d)

Mass movements have a set text, motets have changing religious texts.

7.

What is a Madrigal?

a)

a group of instruments playing together

b)

a polyphonic composition in which two or more melodies repeat each other at different points in the music

c)

a secular, polyphonic song based on poems, often about love

d)

a musical texture in which one voice has the melody, while the other parts serve as accompaniment

8.

A musical texture in which one voice has the melody, while the other parts serve as accompaniment is called

a)

homophony

b)

counterpoint

c)

consort

d)

madrigal

9.

A consort is

a)

A group of the same family of instruments playing together

b)

Concert

c)

Collaboration

d)

Unison

10.

The sackbut is known today as the

a)

trombone

b)

oboe

c)

When the quarterback is tackled with the ball

d)

bassoon

11.

What was an important development in for music in this time period?

a)

Football

b)

Printing Press

c)

All of the Above

d)

None of the Above

12.

Secular Music is

a)

Music written only for oboe choir

b)

Popular music that is not connected with the church or religion

c)

Music written only for dogshows.

d)

Music that is written only for religious services.

13.

Once rhythmic notation was invented, several independent lines could be written at once. This type of texture was called

a)

Algorhythm

b)

Monophony

c)

Polyphony

d)

Homophony

14.

The Mass is connected to which religion?

a)

Islam

b)

Buddhism

c)

Christianity

d)

Hinduism

15.

Instrumental music was often dance music and was used for dances and social gatherings.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

The most popular instrument used to accompany a singer in the Renaissance was

a)

A bagpipe

b)

A crash cymbal

c)

A lute

d)

All of these together

17.

A Madrigal was a secular style of choral music that often polyphony, word painting and was usually about

a)

philosophical questions

b)

love

c)

minerals

d)

religious topics

18.

Word painting is a really fun technique where the composer attempts to portray text and images with music such as raining, running, low, flying, roaring and climbing.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

What is the most popular musical texture in the Renaissance

a)

monophony

b)

polyphony

c)

symphony

d)

phonyphony

20.

The two most important forms for vocal sacred music in the Renaissance were the Mass and the Motet.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Motets were religious songs, usually with 3-6 singing parts.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

Madrigals were Church songs with just one singing part.

a)

True

b)

False- They were Secular and Polyphonic

23.

True or false: During the Renaissance period there is a significant development in the instrumental music

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Select the correct answer: Motets were usually written in

a)

polyphonic style and vernacular language

b)

monodic style and vernacular language

c)

polyphonic style and Latin language

d)

monodic style and Latin language

25.

This composition shows the style of

a)

homophonic polyphony

b)

imitative polyphony

c)

counterpoint

d)

monody

26.

Which of the following composers was famous during the Renaissance?

a)

Clara Schumann

b)

J.S. Bach

c)

Josquin des Prez

d)

Ludwig van Beethoven

27.

What means "monophonic" in music?

a)

Music consisting of a single musical line, without accompaniment.

b)

Gregorian chants

c)

Music consisting in multiple musical lines, with accompaniment.

d)

Sacred music.

e)

Music made by monks.

28.

True or false: the Catholic church became MORE powerful during the Renaissance.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

Renaissance Music ran from...

a)

1300-1500

b)

1200-1400

c)

1700- 1900

d)

1400- 1600

30.

Why was the invention of the Gutenberg printing press important?

a)

It allowed musicians to compose more

b)

It allowed musicians to become better at their instrument

c)

It allowed musicians to share their music with musicians all over the world

d)

It allowed musicians to remember their music better

31.

How are traditional Chinese instruments classified?

a)

How they are played

b)

What they are made of

c)

What time period they are from

d)

What part of China they were created

32.

How many different classifications are there for traditional Chinese instruments?

a)

2

b)

8

c)

12

d)

3

33.

What is one of the biggest differences between the use of drums in traditional Chinese music and Western European Renaissance music? (Choose all that apply)

a)

There is no difference

b)

Chinese drums are more prominent and have their own independent parts

c)

Western European drumming was designed to provide the beat using simple patterns

d)

Western drumming was more complex in its rhythms

34.

A five-tone scale is called:

a)

Heptatonic

b)

Triad

c)

quadraphonic

d)

pentatonic