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WorksheetsRenaissance music
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 9hrs 30mins
If a song has imitation, we can also say that it is:
monophonic
polyphonic
fast
Instrumental music is important than vocal music during Renaissance period.
True
False
Renaissance music is an era that is known as the "Golden age of a cappella" choral music.
True
False
Renaissance-era is also a period of humanism and optimism.
True
False
The term Renaissance comes from the word renaitre which means “rebirth, ―revival, and ―rediscovery.
True
False
What is the difference between a Mass movement and a motet?
Mass movements have changing religious texts, motets have a set text.
Mass movements are sacred, motets are secular.
There is no difference.
Mass movements have a set text, motets have changing religious texts.
What is a Madrigal?
a group of instruments playing together
a polyphonic composition in which two or more melodies repeat each other at different points in the music
a secular, polyphonic song based on poems, often about love
a musical texture in which one voice has the melody, while the other parts serve as accompaniment
A musical texture in which one voice has the melody, while the other parts serve as accompaniment is called
homophony
counterpoint
consort
madrigal
A consort is
A group of the same family of instruments playing together
Concert
Collaboration
Unison
The sackbut is known today as the
trombone
oboe
When the quarterback is tackled with the ball
bassoon
What was an important development in for music in this time period?
Football
Printing Press
All of the Above
None of the Above
Secular Music is
Music written only for oboe choir
Popular music that is not connected with the church or religion
Music written only for dogshows.
Music that is written only for religious services.
Once rhythmic notation was invented, several independent lines could be written at once. This type of texture was called
Algorhythm
Monophony
Polyphony
Homophony
The Mass is connected to which religion?
Islam
Buddhism
Christianity
Hinduism
Instrumental music was often dance music and was used for dances and social gatherings.
True
False
The most popular instrument used to accompany a singer in the Renaissance was
A bagpipe
A crash cymbal
A lute
All of these together
A Madrigal was a secular style of choral music that often polyphony, word painting and was usually about
philosophical questions
love
minerals
religious topics
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.
True
False
What is the most popular musical texture in the Renaissance
monophony
polyphony
symphony
phonyphony
The two most important forms for vocal sacred music in the Renaissance were the Mass and the Motet.
True
False
Motets were religious songs, usually with 3-6 singing parts.
True
False
Madrigals were Church songs with just one singing part.
True
False- They were Secular and Polyphonic
True or false: During the Renaissance period there is a significant development in the instrumental music
True
False
Select the correct answer: Motets were usually written in
polyphonic style and vernacular language
monodic style and vernacular language
polyphonic style and Latin language
monodic style and Latin language
This composition shows the style of
homophonic polyphony
imitative polyphony
counterpoint
monody
Which of the following composers was famous during the Renaissance?
Clara Schumann
J.S. Bach
Josquin des Prez
Ludwig van Beethoven
What means "monophonic" in music?
Music consisting of a single musical line, without accompaniment.
Gregorian chants
Music consisting in multiple musical lines, with accompaniment.
Sacred music.
Music made by monks.
True or false: the Catholic church became MORE powerful during the Renaissance.
True
False
Renaissance Music ran from...
1300-1500
1200-1400
1700- 1900
1400- 1600
Why was the invention of the Gutenberg printing press important?
It allowed musicians to compose more
It allowed musicians to become better at their instrument
It allowed musicians to share their music with musicians all over the world
It allowed musicians to remember their music better
How are traditional Chinese instruments classified?
How they are played
What they are made of
What time period they are from
What part of China they were created
How many different classifications are there for traditional Chinese instruments?
2
8
12
3
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)
There is no difference
Chinese drums are more prominent and have their own independent parts
Western European drumming was designed to provide the beat using simple patterns
Western drumming was more complex in its rhythms
A five-tone scale is called:
Heptatonic
Triad
quadraphonic
pentatonic
