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WorksheetsMedieval Period
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 10mins
Medieval period of music occurred during what dates?
400-12--
500-1500
1740-1820
1500-1650
Two of the most well known composers of the medieval period are?
Guillaume de Machaut
Ludwig Beethoven
Hildegard of Bingen
Antonio Vivaldi
Select all of the instruments used during the medieval period.
Lute
Hurdy-Gurdy
Electric Guitar
Rebec
Piano
Who contributed to the starting the process of developing musical symbols and writing them on paper?
Hildegard of Bingen
Pope Gregory I
Troubadours
Every day musicians.
A group of colorfully dressed traveling musicians who sang of love and shared news in songs were called?
Plain Chanters
Ensemble
Troubadours
Royal Court Musicians
Music during the Medieval period could be split into what two groups?
Secular
Common
Gregorian Chant
Sacred
The musical staff used during the Medieval period of music is used exactly like it is today?
Yes
No
Much of the songs that people sang during the Medieval period of music used what form of music?
Monophonic = Everyone sings the same pitch and same words together.
Polyphony = Singers may sing different pitches but the same words.
Divertimento = a light hearted type of music.
Which composer did not write music only for the church in the Medieval period?
HIldegard of Bingen
Guillaume de Machaut
John Dunstable
Perotin
In general where women allowed to sing in church during the Medieval period of music?
yes
no
What are the two main institutions that could afford the latest and greatest in musical instruments during the Medieval period of music?
Troubadours
Church
Private Wealthy Citizens
Royal Families of Europe
Was most of the music of the Medieval period of music written down?
yes
no
The instruments that were used during the Medieval period of music fall into what instrument families mainly?
Strings = use string(s) in some form.
Woodwinds = use air
Brass = made from brass.
Percussion = instruments that are hit/struck.
Some of the most well-known types of music today from the Medieval period of music is?
Gregorian Chant, sometimes known as Plain Chant.
Polyphony = singing/playing different notes at the same time.
Symphony = multi-movement instrumental piece of music.
Rap = a type of rhythmic spoken music.
A very loud wind instrument used often during the Medieval period of music?
Lute
Recorder
Shawm
Psaltery
The predecessor to the guitar is the?
Hurdy-Gurdy
Gittern
Crumhorn
Fiddle
