I'm not old, I'm just Middle Aged: The Medieval
What were flutes in the Medieval Era made of?
Wood.
Opera is storytelling, but instead of talking, the characters ______.
Sing.
This food was invented during the Baroque.
Ice Cream.
Point to one example of how this image describes either the Medieval Era or Hildegard Von Bingen.
-Hildegard's visions
-Church Music
-Written Music
This instrument is known as a _______.
PIPE ORGAN
Lutes in the Medieval are the early version of which instrument?
Guitar.
Palestrina was a master of writing polyphony; music for many voices, or one voice?
Many voices at once.
Which instruments were becoming more popular in the baroque (the beginning of the Orchestra)
Strings: Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass
What does this image show in terms of Galileo's discoveries using the telescope?
The Earth revolves around the Sun.
Hildegard Von Bingen wrote MONOPHONY (One melody at a time) or POLYPHONY (more than one melody at a time).
MONOPHONY
Hildegard von Bingen was an abbess; this mean she worked where?
The Church.
The Harpsichord is an early version of which instrument?
The Piano
Johann Sebastian Bach wrote music that was complicated or simple?
Complicated.
Do you think this scene took place before or after the invention of the Printing Press?
After; because of the copies of music the musicians are reading.
This early keyboard instrument is different than a piano because you cannot control the volume.
Harpsichord.
We begin learning music in the Medieval Era because musicians began to do what for the very first time?
Write music down / written notation.
What does Renaissance mean?
Rebirth.
Concerts in the Baroque started to become smaller or bigger?
Bigger.
Which period saw the beginnings of the Orchestra and large concert halls such as this? Medieval, Renaissance, or Baroque
Baroque
Bach's music uses MONOPHONY (one melody playing at a time) or POLYPHONY (multiple melodies playing at the same time)
POLYPHONY - Multiple melodies at the same time
The early version of a trombone is called a _____.
Sacbut.
How did the Printing Press advance music in the Renaissance.
-Copies of music could be shared
-More musicians
-More musicians can play together.
Music in the Baroque became less about the Church, and more about ______.
Feelings, human experience.
What are the items shown, and why are they important to music?
Baroque pearls are imperfect pearls. It is where the era got its' name. Music that was complicated, but not pretty sounding.
This piece is "Spring" from The Four Seasons by Vivaldi during the Baroque Era.
What are some ways we know it is from Baroque?
-Not church music
-About Human Experience/ Feelings
-Use of many Violins, Violas, Cellos, Basses