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MEDIEVAL
RENAISSANCE
CHORAL
INSTRUMENTS
MELODY
100

Music that has religious content.  

Sacred

100

Another name for the work "Renaissance"

Rebirth
100

Sacred Music written with only one melody to sing in Latin with Biblical text.  

Gregorian Chant

100

A keyboard that is built so that when the key is depressed, a plectrum plucks the string.  

Harpsichord

100

One melody alone with no accompanied harmony or 2nd melody

MONOPHONIC
200

Musical content that is considered non-religious.

Secular

200

A famous artist in the Era

Leonardo Da Vinci

200

To sing in a small group where each singer has a different melody to sing at the same time. 

Madrigal

200
A type of wind instrument that requires a bag to blow into before the pitch can be heard.  

Bagpipe

200

2 or more different melodies that play at the same time.  

POLYPHONIC
300

A musical sentence line that has both pitch and rhythm.

Melody

300
A Composer that created the idea of telling stories with an orchestra and singers on stage.  

Monteverdi

300

Choral music that is sung with costumes and scenery.

Opera

300

A stringed instrument that operates with a crank and a wheel.

Hurdy Gurdy

300

1 MELODY accompanied by a harmony or background music.  

HOMOPHONIC

400

The underlying pulse of the music. 

Beat

400
Choral Music that tells a story yet is sung without costumes and scenery.  

Oratorio

400

A wind instrument made of wood.

Wooden Flute

500
A type of musician who travels from town to town telling stories of everyday life.  

Troubadour

500
A large work of music that is sacred in content and performed with instruments and voices. 

Mass

500

A string instrument made of wood that is an ancestor of the guitar

Lute