Instruments
What is the trumpet?
Medieval composers wrote and performed music mainly for this purpose.
What is religious or church purposes?
This time signature was the most common, likely due to its connection to the Holy Trinity.
What is 3/4 time?
The medieval period took place during this time period.
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What is 500-1500?
Mrs. Nave is afraid of this animal.
What is the Opossom?
What is percussion?
This person voyaged to the Americas, marking the end the medieval period, and igniting an age of Renaissance and Discovery.
Who was Christopher Columbus?
This type of music texture has more than one moving part.
What is polyphony?
This major world religion was founded in 610 AD and dominates the middle east today.
What is Islam?
Ms. Talley's pug's name.
This medieval instrument is a descendant from the lyre and a predecessor to the modern violin.
What is the fiddle?
This composer was a nun, scientist, philosopher and prominent figure during the medieval period. She is best known for her Gregorian Chant compositions.
Who is Hildegard von Bingen?
This necessary feature of music composition was frequently omitted when notating new works.
What is rhythm?
The construction of this major cathedral influenced composers to write music that would be performed in the echoing hall.
What is the Notre Dame Cathedral?
Mrs. Blakeney's first job.
What is a singing telegram?
This instrument somewhat resembles a guitar.
What is a Gittern?
When a composer chooses not credited for their work. A choice that many composers made during this time to honor God.
What is anonymous composing?
Numbered key centers developed by the church and used to write chants.
What are medieval modes?
This was the first of many attempts by religious leaders in western Europe to recapture the Holy Land in Jerusalem.
What was the first crusade (1096-1099)?
The number of teachers at BGHS. Not including aids or Mrs. Seldomridge.
What is 34 teachers?
This fretted, string instrument is played by striking the strings with small mallets or hammers.
What is a dulcimer?
This highly respected figure was a travelling French musician, poet, and composer. He was known for his ars nova style, meaning "new art."
Who was Guillamme de Machaut?
Most music composition practices spread across Europe in this manner, rather than using written music.
This well-known leader unites Mongol tribes (1206 AD), creating one of the largest contiguous land empires in history.
Who was Genghis Khan?
The year Buffalo Gap High School opened.
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What is 1962?