String Instruments
This family of bowed string instruments includes violins and cellos.
What is the viol family?
What type of instrument produces sound by being struck, shaken, or scraped?
What are percussion instruments?
This instrument, often seen in orchestras, is known for its bright, powerful sound.
What is the trumpet?
What is the term for a slow processional dance in duple meter?
What is the pavane?
Who composed the complex polyphonic masses and motets?
Who is Josquin des Prez?
Which string instrument has over 70 different parts?
What is the violin?
Which percussion instrument is a common feature in orchestras and can be tuned?
What are timpani?
What early form of trombone is known for its slide mechanism?
What is the sackbut?
This lively dance is in triple meter and was popular during the Renaissance.
What is the galliard?
This English composer is known for his madrigals and keyboard works.
Who is William Byrd?
Name the flat stringed instrument that is played by plucking.
What is the psaltery?
This instrument is often associated with celebrations and is shaken to produce sound.
What is a tambourine?
Name the family of instruments that includes flutes and clarinets.
What are woodwinds?
What musical form developed organum and introduced harmony?
What is Early Polyphony?
Who developed two-part organum style at the Notre Dame school?
Who is Léonin?
This ancestor of the modern violin is played with a bow.
What is the vielle?
Name a type of hand drum that is often used in various musical traditions.
What is a hand drum?
This double-reed instrument is a predecessor to the oboe.
What is the shawm?
This type of music was performed in courts and is about love and chivalry.
What is Troubadour Music?
This French composer is famous for "Messe de Nostre Dame."
Who is Guillaume de Machaut?
What pear-shaped instrument was brought to Europe through Arab influence?
What is the lute?
What instrument is commonly used in church services, typically made of metal?
What are bells?
What wooden wind instrument is often used in ensembles and has a range of sizes?
What is the recorder?
What term describes the sacred monophonic songs sung in Latin during religious services?
What is Gregorian Chant?
Who is the German abbess and composer known for "Ordo Virtutum"?
Who is Hildegard von Bingen?