Rhythm
This note takes up 1 beat and it gets 1 sound.
What is a Quarter Note?
These were the years in which the Medieval period took place.
What is 550 AD to 1450 AD?
These were the years in which the Renaissance period took place.
What is 1450 - 1600?
This string instrument makes sound after the musician turns a crank which activates the sound wheel. The other hand can play melodies by pressing down several buttons.
What is the Hurdy-Gurdy?
These people were offered music education through the monastery in the Middle Ages.
Who are Men.
This note takes up 4 beats and it gets 1 sound.
What is a Whole Note?
A type of music from the Medieval Period that is typically sung during a church service.
What is Sacred or Religious.
Music in the Middle Ages went from the church to this place.
What are the courts of nobility?
This string instrument from the Renaissance is an early version of the guitar with a round back.
What is the Lute?
A type of music from the Medieval Period made up of folk songs and ballads, usually sung by traveling musicians.
What is Secular?
This note takes up 1 beat of silence.
What is a Quarter Rest?
This type of music is sung a capella and in Latin. It is performed in church and was written for the monasteries.
What is Gregorian Chant or Plainchant?
This invention made it easier for composers to sell their music in larger quantities.
What is the Printing Press?
This instrument looks much like the handle of an old umbrella and is played through a mouthpiece.
What is the Crumhorn?
This Medieval musician sang lyric or heroic poetry for the nobility.
What is a Minstrel?
This note takes up 3 beats and it gets 1 sound.
What is a Dotted Half Note?
These musicians would wander around from place to place playing instruments and singing about love or great valor in battle.
What are Troubdours?
In the Renaissance period, this was a new style of choral music that interweaves several different vocal melodies at the same time.
What is Polyphony?
This is an instrument made of wood that resembles a snake.
What is the Serpent?
This wooden instrument is an early version of the oboe which uses a double reed for the mouthpiece.
What is the Hautboy?
These notes take up 1 beat when paired together and they get 2 sounds
What are Eighth Notes?
These were not permitted in the church until 1100. They were mostly used in secular music.
What are Instruments?
In the Renaissance period, this was a style of choral vocal music that was usually romantic poems and sung with emotion (polyphonic & unaccompanied).
What is a Madrigal?
This string instrument looks like a bottle that you play through a straw. It plays much lower than the size of the instrument would have you think.
What is the Rackett?
This string instrument was one of several instruments used in the Medieval period. It looks a lot like a modern guitar.
What is the Cittern?