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WorksheetsMedieval Period of Music
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 19mins
The Medieval Period of music occurred during what dates?
1740-1820
400-1450
1000-2000
1450-1600
Two of the most well known composers during the medieval musical period are?
Guillaume de Machaut
Ludwig Beethoven
James I of Van
Hildegard of Bingen
Select all of the instruments used during the medieval period.
Gittern
Hurdy-Gurdy
Violin
Fiddle
Who helped to start the process of musical notation on paper?
HIldegard of Bingen
Pope Gregory I
Troubadours
Guillaume de Machaut
A group of colorfully dressed traveling musicians who sang of love and shared news of the day during the Medieval period were called?
Plain Chanters
Students of the Notre Dame School of Polyphony
Sacred Musicians
Troubadours
During the Medieval Period, music was split into what 2 groups?
Secular
Common
Gregorian Chant
Sacred
The first musical staff that was invented during the Medieval Period is used in exactly the same way today?
Yes
No
The major form of music that most singers used during the first part of the Medieval Period was called what?
Monophonic
Polyphony
Divertimento
Cantata
Which form of music was invented and developed during the last half of the Medieval Period?
Monophonic
Polyphony
Canta
Divertimento
Which composer wrote music for the church and for every day life?
Hildegard of Bingen
Guillaume de Machut
John Dunstable
Pope Gregory I
In general, were women given the same chances as men in music, during the Medieval Period of music?
yes
no
What are the 2 main institutions that could afford the latest and greatest in musical instruments during the Medieval Period?
Troubadours
Roman Catholic Church
Small community bands
Royal Families of Europe
Was all of the music of the Medieval Period of music written down?
yes
no
Select all the instruments that were used during the Medieval Period of music?
Piano
Gittern
Organ
Fiddle
Hurdy Gurdy
Select some of the most well-known forms of music that we know about today, that started in the Medieval Period of music?
Gregorian Chant - Sometimes known as plain chant.
Polyphony - singing/playing different notes and melodies at the same time.
Symphony - a multi-movement instrumental piece of music
Rap - a type of very rhythmic spoken music.
The predecessor to the guitar is the?
Hurdy-Gurdy
Crumhorn
Gittern
Fiddle
What material was used to make strings for stringed instruments during the Medieval Period of music?
Steel
Gut
Nylon
Synthetic
Select which choice occurred first during the Medieval Period of music?
Notre Dame School of Polyphony (1160-1250)
Plain Chant - main style of music.
Pope Gregory I - begins the process of inventing musical notation.
Guillaume De Machaut - writes music for both sacred and secular music.
Was it common to hear instruments and singers perform together for most of the Medieval Period of music?
yes
no
