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Random Questions
100

this instrument from ancient Greece used a turtle shell

lyre

100

the space between two notes

an interval

100

The father of Greek Music and the drinking song

Terpender

100

Three things that differentiate music from noise

melody, harmony, rhythm

100

who thought that music, poetry, and dance were all the same thing

Ancient Greece

200

Oldest written song

Hurrian Hymn

200

This consists of a treble and bass clef connected by a bracket and staff

a grand staff

200

Came up with the theory of the "Song of the Spheres"

Pythagorus

200

two main modes we use today

major and minor

200

another name for a treble cleff

G clef

300

a way of constructing music (old scales)

mode

300

a steady pulse in music

beat

300

Which Roman Emperor converted Rome to Christianity

Constantine

300

Name the 4 types of instruments

wind, percussion, strings, electronic

300

the size of the Hurrian Hymn

A cell phone

400

the Kithera, Aulos, and Lyre were the main instruments of what civilization

Ancient Greece

400

indicates half a beat of silence

an eighth rest

400

These two philosophers thought that certain music would lead to bad behavior

Plato and Aristotle

400

Music can help people with these brain issues (name 2)

Alzheimer's, dementia, traumatic brain injuries, Parkinsons

400

this is on all Sumerian harps

a bull's head

500

four ancient civilizations where music "began"

Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, India

500

the top tells you the beats per measure, the bottom tells what type of note gets one beat

time signature

500

the saptaswara and the sama veda are the basis of what part of modern music

solfedge 

do,re,mi, fa, sol, la,ti do

scales

500

worth three beats

dotted half note

500

wordless, improvisational singing

scatting

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