General Music
All forms of religious music are grouped under this banner.
What is sacred music?
In the beginning, almost all music was done in this very specific style, especially in church.
What is plainchant/Gregorian chant?
She is the earliest known female composer.
Who is Hildegard von Bingen?
This instrument is often played in elementary schools.
What is the recorder?
Medieval music is most often heard nowadays in this genre of pop culture, featuring works like "Lord of the Rings" and "Game of Thrones".
What is fantasy?
When a single syllable is held out over multiple notes, it is called this.
What is a melisma?
When music began shifting in to polyphony, it began with two distinct lines: the melody line, and this constant note sounding underneath it.
What is a drone?
This Italian composer has a specific cadence named after him.
Who is Francesco Landini?
We have this instrument to thank for the guitar and the violin.
What is the citole?
In France, these people were referred to as troubadours. In other countries, they were given this name, which in modern times has racist connotations.
Who is a minstrel?
The names of musical notes get their names from these letters of the alphabet.
What is A-G?
Ars Nova was a concept found throughout all different kinds of art. In music in particular, it added this revolutionary concept.
What is polyphony?
This composer, who helped develop three and four voice polyphony, has a name that Mr. Keller compares to a medication.
Who is Pérotin?
You have often heard this instrument played at funerals, military marches, and especially in Scotland.
What are the bagpipes?
This instrument was considered the only "sacred" instrument in the Medieval era.
What is the organ?
The medieval "School of Polyphony" takes its name from a French cathedral, but shares its name with this football college from Indiana
What is Notre Dame (the French one)?
Medieval sheet music is missing a lot of modern features, but most notably missing is this way of knowing how long or short a note is.
What is rhythm?
This French composer is credited with inventing both isorhythm and the Ars Nova style for music.
Who is Phillipe de Vitry?
This instrument creates the drone popularly associated with Medieval music
What is the hurdy gurdy
This system uses a series of syllables to demonstrate how notes fall within a scale. It's still used today, especially in Mr. Keller's classes.
What is solfège?
This word, literally meaning "song", was also the most common type of French music at the time.
What is a chanson?
This technique, invented by Phillipe de Vitry, involves repeating a similar or identical rhythm many times throughout a single piece of music.
What is isorhythm?
This composer created the Solfege system still used in modern music groups.
Who is Guido de Arezzo?
This instrument is one of the first "double reed" instruments.
What is the shawm?
Several composers of the era wrote a type of music like this, which is sacred, a cappella, and polyphonic.
What is a motet?