Instruments
This instrument is an ancestor to the modern fiddle and violin
Fiddle
This is the term we use for one single line of melodic material played at one time.
Monophonic
This is the word we use for speed
This person mandated the codification of music, which created the need for music notation. (Gregorian Chant)
Pope Gregory the Great
These are the three most common names for the era between 450 AD and 1450 AD.
What are the Medieval Times, Middle Ages, and Dark Ages?
This instrument is a predecessor to the guitar
Gittern
This is the term we use for multiple lines of melodic material played at one time.
Polyphonic
This is the word we use to describe the amount of lines in the piece
Texture
This was the first female composer.
Hildegard von Bingen
Which period of the Medieval Era included more complex music?
Gothic Period
This instrument is struck with hammers and is the ancestor to the piano
Dulcimer
This is the name for volume
Dynamics
Listening to and appreciating a musical work for its full range of technical and expressive properties.
Engaged Listening
This war between Christianity and Islam began in 1070.
the Crusades
What do we call the arrangement of a church service?
Liturgy
This is THE medieval musical instrument used in most recordings...it's in a big box....kinda jangly...with a crank.
Hurdy-Gurdy
This is music with no strict meter or accompaniment, sung by a single voice or unison choir. Typically monophonic & simple melodies.
Plainchant
Name all 3 types of texture
Monophonic, Polyphonic, Homophonic
These are three big events that occurred around the 1300s which gave this Era the name "the Dark Ages."
Great Famine, Black Death, and Peasant Revolts
This is what we call traveling performers in this Era
Minstrels (or jongleurs)
This is the most common instrument used across the world, especially in the early centuries of history.
The Human Voice
This is the codification of liturgy and music under Roman leaders, helped by the Frankish kings.
Gregorian Chant
This is the musical notation used in the Medieval Era
Neumes!
This person created the original staff lines and a way to sight sing music.
Guido di Arezzo
What are four instruments found in "soft ensembles"?