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 500 AD to 1400 AD?
These were the years in which the Renaissance period took place.
What is 1400(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?
This note takes up 2 beats and it gets 1 sound.
What is a Half Note
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
Most choirs in the Renaissance period sung their songs in these buildings of worship.
What are churches?
This string instrument 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 named after Pope Gregory I 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 modern piano with reversed black and white keys. When the keys are pressed down, the strings are plucked to make a sound.
What is the Harpsichord?
Along with music, this was one of the main forms of entertainment in the Renaissance period.
What is Dance?
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 a keyboard instrument that uses a series of pipes to make sound. Most often found in a church.
What is the Organ?
This wooden instrument is an early version of the flute which uses a whistle for the mouthpiece.
What is the Recorder?
These notes take up 1 beat when paired together and they get 2 sounds
What are Eighth Notes?
This was an early form of musical notation that used simple symbols to show when the music goes up and when it goes down.
What are Neumes?
In the Renaissance period, this was a style of vocal music that had between 3 and 6 singers and were usually romantic poems and sung with emotion.
What is a Madrigal?
This string instrument looks like a small harp that you can hold in one hand.
What is the Lyre?
This string instrument was one of several new and improved instruments developed in the Renaissance period. It was first made in Italy in the 1500s and uses a bow to make its sound.
What is the Violin?