Instruments & Families
This instrument family has instruments that produce sound when air vibrates inside them (example: flute).
Aerophone
Writing music down (music notation) was a way for people to preserve music. How did people share music before this?
Passing orally from generation to generation, Memorization
What is the term for music that is religious?
a. Secular
b. Sacred
c. Folk
b. Sacred
_____ Are Japanese barrel-shaped drums that date back to as early as the 6th century. These types of drums have been in military, theatrical, and religious contexts often involving choreographed percussion & shouted vocals.
Taiko Drums
Name 3 common materials that instruments were made from, dating back to ancient civilizations.
Natural Resources: Wood, Fiber/ Plants, Shells, Parts of Animals (bone, skin), Stone, Metals.
Name the family of instruments where sound is made by vibrating strings (examples: lyre, harp).
Chordophones
The _____ Era of music spans from 1450-1600.
a. Medieval
b. Renaissance
c. Classical
b. Renaissance
What is music notation?
A system of how we write down music.
A _____ is a large & complex keyboard instrument that produces sound by driving pressurized air through pipes from a selected key. It usually has multiple keyboards (including one you can play with your feet!)
Pipe Organ / Church Organ
Name 3 types of membranophones:
snare drum, bass drum, bongo, taiko, frame drum, bodhran, tabla, timpani, conga, etc.
Name the instrument family that uses a stretched skin or membrane to create sound (used for drums).
Membranophone
The Baroque Era of music spans from _________. One of the most famous composers of this time period was J.S. Bach.
a. 1600-1750
b. 1750-1850
c. 1500-1700
a. 1600-1750
What does it mean to improvise in music?
(think about what we do in drum circles)
To make a rhythm up on the spot.
The _____ an Ancient String Instrument that closely resembles a harp. It originated from Greece & Mediterranean regions dating back to 2700 BCE.
Lyre
The Seikilos Epitaph is an Ancient Greek inscription and the oldest surviving complete song that is written down. What was the song written on?
A Tombstone
Name 5 examples of Chordophones.
Guitar, Harp, Lyre, Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass, Piano, Lute, Ukulele.
What is the name of the music era that is from 10,000+ B.C.E. to 800 B.C.E?
Ancient Era / Primeval Era of Music
Before music notation, people learned music by rote. What does that mean?
Learning by Ear / Call & Response.
The ____ is a pear-shaped, plucked string instrument that was hugely popular in Europe from 1450–1750. It was often used for solo performances and song accompaniment.
Lute
Name all 7 Solfege Syllables used for singing:
Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti
This instrument family includes bells, gongs, and xylophones — instruments that make sound from the material itself vibrating.
Idiophone
What are the dates of the Medieval Era?
a. 1500-1700
b. 100-800
c. 400-1400
c. 400-1400
Vocal music from the Middle Ages (typically in religious settings) is called ________.
Chant
Flute (Neanderthal Flute)
Name all 4 classifications of musical instruments that we covered in our music history unit:
Aerophone, Chordophone, Idiophone, Membranophone