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How long ago did a human have the first musical thought?

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No one knows

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Ancient people experimented with the sound of…

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Clapping hands, stamping feet, and their voices

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What was the very first instrument?

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Human voice

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Scientists think human were influenced by…

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Bird songs

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Ancient man began imitating birds and other sounds of nature by beating a __1?____ and __2?____. By making their voices go __3?____ and __4?___, and by changing how long the held__5?____.

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  1. Hallow log
  2. Primitive drum
  3. Higher
  4. Lower
  5. Pitches
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Why did early hymns create music?

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To express emotion, to accompany ceremonies and rituals, or tell a story

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Ludwig van Beethoven listened to what for inspiration?

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Birds

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What is a piccolo?

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A small flute with a higher register

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What else influenced ancient men?

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Beating of the rain, roar of the sea, and other natural sounds

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Ancient paintings suggest that primitive whistles and drums were made from…

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Animal bones and tree bark

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In North America the Hopi Indians had scrapers and are thought to be used for…

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Storytelling

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What does a guiro look like?

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A snow shoe

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How was the first drum created?

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By stretching animal skins over a hallow tree trunk

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What was used to beat a drum first hand or sticks

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Hands

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What is a kalimba?

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Early pitched instrument

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Ancient Greece was the first civilization to tale music seriously and they were also the first to…

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Teach music in schools

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17
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The Greeks developed the 12 notes in today’s…

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Chromatic scale

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18
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Early harps only had _______ strings…

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Two or three

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The Dorian mode is like a major scale with lowered…

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3rd and 7th scale degrees

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20
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What did the early Greek harp look like?

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A dreamcatcher

21
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Ancient bows were not just for shooting arrows in east Africa but also for…

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Making music

22
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What are musicologists?

A

People who study the science and history of music

23
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Music was apart of many important live events like…

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Birth, marriage and death

24
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African musical instruments include…

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Drums, xylophone, strings, horns and flutes

25
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African music uses…

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Syncopation played by groups of drummers and singers

26
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Ancient drums were also used for…

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Communication

27
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Who is Pope Gregory the first?

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United many divisions of the church and his chants were sung all over Europe

28
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What was plainchant?

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Earliest examples of written music

29
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What did the 13th century musical notation look like?

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It was shapes

30
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Before Pope Gregory’s time what did the choir director have to do?

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Sing chants until singers memorized them

31
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The Gregorian chant was usually sung…

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A cappella

32
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Gregorian chant was in Latin and …

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Taken from the bible

33
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What does monophonic mean?

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It had a single melody with no accompany

34
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What does polyphony mean?

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When two melodies are played or sung at the same time

35
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The monk Guido of Arezzo invented a staff with 3 lines spaced a third apart what colour were F and C

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F- red

C- yellow

36
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What does the dulcimer look like?

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It looks like a violin

37
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What were troubadours?

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People who entertained with songs, dances, acrobatics and juggling. They also played the lute

38
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What is a lute?

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A guitar with ten or more stings and a bent top

39
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Music was important to the Chinese. They had an outdoor orchestra with more than _____ musicians.

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More than a thousand musicians

40
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Korean music falls into two categories which are…

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Ceremonial and folk music

41
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Korean folk music focuses on…

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Humour, tenderness and joy of its people

42
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Japan has always held music to be…

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A part of its culture

43
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In what century’s did Japan’s court musicians were elevated to a high social status?

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The sixth and seventh century

44
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In the American revolution what instruments accompanied them on the battlefield field?

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The drum and fife

45
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In Scotland the ________ a companied them on the battlefield?

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The bagpipes it was used to intimidate the enemies and it worked

46
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What does the Scottish bagpipe look like?

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The same as today’s bagpipe

47
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What are the typical notes for the bagpipe?

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G,A,C#,B,F#,D and E

48
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What does the shakuhachi look like?

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A wooden recorder or clarinet

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