Instruments
Singing
Notation
Miscellaneous
100
This is the oldest instrument that we have evidence of.
Bone Flute
100
Monophony is known as a __________ line of music.
single
100
This high priestess, princess, and earliest writers known in history is responsible for the "world's oldest song."
Enheduanna
100
This kind of music includes anything that is not related to church or religious practices.
Secular
200
Instrument family that is played with a bow or by plucking.
String
200
Male singers and string players who traveled around singing secular music in France are called _____________.
Troubadours
200
Music is often passed down by oral tradition, but __________ ____________ is the mark of a literate society.
Musical notation
200
Unlike monophony, ____________ is music with two or more independent melodies simultaneosly.
Polyphony
300
This is another one of the oldest instruments and is made of strings that would be plucked.
Lyre
300
Gregorian chant is also called ___________________.
Plain chant
300
The oldest musical composition which was written on a tombstone is called:
Epitaph of Seikilos
300
In which ancient civilization was music thought to be created by the goddesses Bat and Hathor?
Ancient Egypt
400
This instrument family was often used for giving marching and battle orders.
Brass (Trumpet, etc.)
400
This style of sacred singing was often only performed by Men in the church.
Chant
400
The first attributed notation of the musical scale is attributed to _______________________
Guido
400
This woman was very famous for her many written works and was an abbess (the head of the nuns) who also was very advanced as a scientist, writer, and more.
Hildegard von Bingen
500
This instrument from Medieval times used a hand-cranked wheel.
Hurdy Gurdy
500
What language were most of the chants by Hildegard von Bingen and other composers of that era?
Latin
500
Which year marks the end of the medieval period?
1450