People
Sacred Music
Secular Music
Bonus: Instruments
General
100
The ruling class during the middle ages.
What is the nobility?
100
The language that most sacred music was written in.
What is Latin?
100
The type of language used in most secular music.
What is common language?
100
What is the lute?
100
A type of music that includes two or more melodies happening at the same time.
What is polyphony?
200
This class consists of priests and monks.
What is the clergy?
200
Simple music that contains a single melody.
What is plainsong?
200
These musicians used string and percussion instruments to accompany their songs.
What are minstrels?
200
What is a harp?
200
Another name for the Middle Ages.
What is the Medieval Period?
300
The largest class, made up of poor farmers.
What is the peasants?
300
The words for sacred music were often taken from this church service.
What is the mass?
300
Minstrels belonged to this growing class during the middle ages.
What is the middle class?
300
What is the flute?
300
The Middle Ages ended in this year.
What is 1400?
400
A traveling musician and storyteller.
What is a minstrel?
400
The notes used by monks to write down sacred music.
What are neumes?
400
A type of music that means "non-religious".
What is secular?
400
What is the bagpipes?
400
The Middle Ages began in this year.
What is 400?
500
Members of this class lived to be about 30 years old.
What is the peasants?
500
A type of sacred music that is named after Pope Gregory I.
What is Gregorian Chant?
500
A type of sacred music similar to minstrel songs with simple melodies.
What is plainsong?
500
What is the hurdy-gurdy?
500
The musical period that came after the Middle Ages.
What is the Renaissance?