Composers
A German composer who discovered the Major/Minor scale systems in music.
Who is Johann Sebastian Bach?
The second to last note of the music alphabet.
What is F?
A word describing music that has only one melody.
What is Monophonic?
A stringed instrument with an egg shaped body, played similarly to a guitar.
What is a Lute?
Elaborate storytelling set to music.
What is Opera?
A Baroque era composer known for writing the "Hallelujah Chorus".
Who is George Frederick Handel?
More than one sound played at one time.
What is Harmony/Harmonic?
The dominant form of religious music during Medieval Times.
What is Gregorian chant?
What is Polyphonic?
A large keyboard instrument that is often built into the buildings it exists in.
What is an organ?
A female composer of Gregorian chants who was tithed to the church when she was 8 years old.
Who is Hildegard Von Bingen?
What is pitch?
Non-Metric
A composer who was kidnapped multiple times as a child because of his beautiful voice.
Who is Orlando Di Lasso?
The lowest singing part in a choir.
What is bass?
A Troubadour who wrote songs about his heartbreak after falling in love with women who were already married.
Who is Bernart De Ventadorn
Another way to describe whole/half steps.
What is tone/semi-tone?
What is a Troubadour?
The early form of the Violin.
What is a vielle?
A musical work with multiple sections known as "Movements".
What is a Sonata?
An English composer who who was sent to the Netherlands to spy on the Roman Catholic church.
Who is Thomas Morley?
The name of the metal braces build into some stringed instruments (such as guitars) at various intervals to assist the player in knowing what note they are playing.
What are frets?
One of the earliest known instruments, mentioned in the Bible, that is played by plucking strings that are stretched across a board.
What is a Psaltery?
A vocal composition set to a short poem.
What is a madrigal?
The word to describe a steady bass line with chords played above it.
What is Basso-Continuo?