Instruments
People
Terms and Styles
Misc
100
a medieval stringed instrument (smaller than the kithara)
What is a lyre?
100
this person put music as the center of church services; got everyone involved in singing at church
Who is Martin Luther?
100
non-religious music
What is secular music?
100
a string instrument from the Renaissance that later became the viola
What is the viol?
200
a Renaissance instrument that was considered the early piano
What is the harpsichord?
200
these people played secular music as their jobs and lifestyles, causing the popularity of secular music to spread
Who are troubadours and minstrels?
200
religious music
What is sacred music?
200
the first singing school
What is Schola Cantorum?
300
an instrument from the Medieval period that is played using two pipes
What is the aulos?
300
created a system of music (musical scale) that is still used today; considered the father of mathematics and music
Who is Pythagoras?
300
early music that was a cappella and sung in unison. This music was typically used in church services
What is Gregorian Chant?
300
the big invention during the Renaissance that made music faster and cheaper so more people could have music at home.
What is the printing press?
400
this instrument was considered the early form of the guitar in the Renaissance period
What is the lute?
400
started the Lutheran Church
Who is Martin Luther?
400
a style of music that has multiple independent lines of music
What is polyphony?
400
your inner being; what makes you who you are
What is your ethos?
500
a larger string instrument from the Medieval period
What is a kithara?
500
thought to have saved polyphony from the Catholic Church
Who is Palestrina?
500
study of human knowledge
What is humanism?
500
How is the harpsichord different than the piano?
Harpsichord plucks the strings and the piano hits the strings with hammers
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