Elements of Music
Antiquity/Greece
Duple/Triple
Texture
Other
100
This is the wooden part of woodwinds that produces the sound.
What is the reed.
100
What is the origin of the word "music?"
It comes from the Muses, daughters of Zeus and creators of all art.
100
This is rhythm.
What is the combination/dividing of a group of beats.
100
This is the texture of most early chant.
What is Monophonic
100
These are the 4 families in an orchestra
What is brass, woodwinds, strings, and percussion
200
This is how brass players create sound.
What is vibrating the lips into a mouthpiece.
200
This is the instrument used both in education and to honor Apollo.
What is the Lyre
200
This is what music was played for in ancient Greece.
To honor historical events/people and gods.
300
The melody of Joy to the World is this (conjunct/disjunct)
What is conjunct
300
The person who is attributed with describing intervals.
Who is Pythagoras?
300
This is what a piece is called when it has verses with the same music but different words.
What is Strophic.
400
Melody
What is the horizontal presentation of pitches.
400
The first song we have record of.
What is the Epitaph of Seikilos?
400
This described Binary form.
What form has two contrasting sections
500
Mode/scale
What is the division of notes spanning an octave into whole and half steps
500
These are the four historical traces.
What are images, music, documents, and artifacts
500
This is orchestration
What is the assigning of parts to different sections.
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