Prehistoric
Ancient Civilizations
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
Music Theory and Rhythm
100
_________ would study stones showing musical notation to learn about the music of an ancient culture.
Ethnomusicologist
100
How many notes are in the pentatonic scale?
5
100
Where did the term music come from?
Muses
100
How did the Romans view music?
As entertainment
100
Which element of music is specified by these symbols? 
Note duration
200
Cave people made music using instruments from their _________
environment
200
What type of musical instrument is a sistrum?
Rattle
200
Which modern musical instrument is descended from the kithara?
The Guitar
200
What did the Roman military use to communicate battle orders?
Horns (Cornus)
200
Which rhythmic notes are pictured?
8th notes
300
What was the first musical instrument used by prehistoric men and women to re-create sounds of nature
Human Voice
300
What type of musical instrument is a shofar?
Horn
300
What is the belief that music can directly influence a person’s character?
Doctrine of ethos
300
Which modern musical instrument is descended from the Hydraulis?
The organ
300
In which time signature is there four beats per measure and the half note gets the beat?
400
What were the oldest playable musical instruments that archaeologists found?
Flutes
400
What were the religious songs created by the ancient Hebrews called?
Psalms
400
Which ancient Greek believed and proposed that music should be part of the education of young citizens?
Plato
400
What religion banned instrumental music because was associated with Pagan rituals?
Christianity
400
This symbol indicates
Repeat
500
What were the first musical instruments made from wood and animal skins?
Drums
500
Which organization composed lavish new musical events for the emperor’s court of the Qin Dynasty?
Imperial Music Bureau
500
Which philospher proposed the idea that listening to certain types of music could expel negative feelings from the body (cartharsis)?
Aristotle
500
Which musical instrument was used in the early Christian church?
The voice
500
What note would equal to this combination:
2 8th notes + 4 16th notes + 1 Quarter note
Dotted half note
