Music History

Question 1

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

Answer 1

No one knows

Question 2

Ancient people experimented with the sound of…

Answer 2

Clapping hands, stamping feet, and their voices

Question 3

What was the very first instrument?

Answer 3

Human voice

Question 4

Scientists think human were influenced by…

Answer 4

Bird songs

Question 5

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?____.

Answer 5

1. Hallow log
2. Primitive drum
3. Higher
4. Lower
5. Pitches

Question 6

Why did early hymns create music?

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Ludwig van Beethoven listened to what for inspiration?

Answer 7

Birds

Question 8

What is a piccolo?

Answer 8

A small flute with a higher register

Question 9

What else influenced ancient men?

Answer 9

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

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Animal bones and tree bark

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Storytelling

Question 12

What does a guiro look like?

Answer 12

A snow shoe

Question 13

How was the first drum created?

Answer 13

By stretching animal skins over a hallow tree trunk

Question 14

What was used to beat a drum first hand or sticks

Answer 14

Hands

Question 15

What is a kalimba?

Answer 15

Early pitched instrument

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Teach music in schools

Question 17

The Greeks developed the 12 notes in today’s…

Answer 17

Chromatic scale

Question 18

Early harps only had _______ strings…

Answer 18

Two or three

Question 19

The Dorian mode is like a major scale with lowered…

Answer 19

3rd and 7th scale degrees

Question 20

What did the early Greek harp look like?

Answer 20

A dreamcatcher

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Making music

Question 22

What are musicologists?

Answer 22

People who study the science and history of music

Question 23

Music was apart of many important live events like…

Answer 23

Birth, marriage and death

Question 24

African musical instruments include…

Answer 24

Drums, xylophone, strings, horns and flutes

Question 25

African music uses...

Answer 25

Syncopation played by groups of drummers and singers

Question 26

Ancient drums were also used for...

Answer 26

Communication

Question 27

Who is Pope Gregory the first?

Answer 27

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

Question 28

What was plainchant?

Answer 28

Earliest examples of written music

Question 29

What did the 13th century musical notation look like?

Answer 29

It was shapes

Question 30

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

Answer 30

Sing chants until singers memorized them

Question 31

The Gregorian chant was usually sung...

Answer 31

A cappella

Question 32

Gregorian chant was in Latin and ...

Answer 32

Taken from the bible

Question 33

What does monophonic mean?

Answer 33

It had a single melody with no accompany

Question 34

What does polyphony mean?

Answer 34

When two melodies are played or sung at the same time

Question 35

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

Answer 35

F- red | C- yellow

Question 36

What does the dulcimer look like?

Answer 36

It looks like a violin

Question 37

What were troubadours?

Answer 37

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

Question 38

What is a lute?

Answer 38

A guitar with ten or more stings and a bent top

Question 39

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

Answer 39

More than a thousand musicians

Question 40

Korean music falls into two categories which are...

Answer 40

Ceremonial and folk music

Question 41

Korean folk music focuses on...

Answer 41

Humour, tenderness and joy of its people

Question 42

Japan has always held music to be...

Answer 42

A part of its culture

Question 43

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

Answer 43

The sixth and seventh century

Question 44

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

Answer 44

The drum and fife

Question 45

In Scotland the ________ a companied them on the battlefield?

Answer 45

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

Question 46

What does the Scottish bagpipe look like?

Answer 46

The same as today’s bagpipe

Question 47

What are the typical notes for the bagpipe?

Answer 47

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

Question 48

What does the shakuhachi look like?

Answer 48

A wooden recorder or clarinet