Choir- Exploring music and history

Question 1

Greeks were the first to use these in their music.

Answer 1

Seven note scales

Question 2

A type of harmony that emphasizes independent voices.

Answer 2

Polyphony

Question 3

Improvement in instruments that allowed groups of instruments to be formed.

Answer 3

Standardization

Question 4

Two or more notes played at the same time.

Answer 4

Harmony

Question 5

Renaissance composer. A favorite of the church in Rome.

Answer 5

Giovanni Palestrina

Question 6

Taught singing to men and boys. Developed the staff and music notation.

Answer 6

Guido di Arezza

Question 7

The meaning of the word renaissance.

Answer 7

Renewal

Question 8

When history, thoughts and positions are passed down by word of mouth.

Answer 8

Oral tradition

Question 9

Large member of the string family, played between the legs.

Answer 9

Viola di Gamba

Question 10

The Greeks were amount the first to use music in this type of entertainment.

Answer 10

Theater

Question 11

Perhaps the most important invention of the renaissance.

Answer 11

Printing press

Question 12

Harmony that emphasizes parts that move together.

Answer 12

Homophony

Question 13

Flute-like instrument.

Answer 13

Recorder

Question 14

Two types of music that were important to the renaissance.

Answer 14

Masses and motets

Question 15

Famous Italian inventor, artist and musician.

Answer 15

Leonardo da Vinci

Question 16

Believed that music had healing powers.

Answer 16

Greeks

Question 17

Church music of the Middle Ages.

Answer 17

Gregorian Chant

Question 18

Most people of the Middle Ages were this- unable to read or write.

Answer 18

Illiterate

Question 19

Believed that music would help transport a soul to the afterlife.

Answer 19

Egyptians

Question 20

Disease that killed a large part of Europe’s population in the 1350s.

Answer 20

Black Plague