MEDIEVAL ERA - (Sacred Music) QUIZ 1

1. What is another term for Medieval?

• Renaissance

• Dark ages

• Baroque period

2. Who happened to devised the four-line staff during the Medieval period?

• Guido De Arrezo

• Pope Gregory I

• Gregorian monk

3. What is a piece of free-flowing music, an unaccompanied melody?

• monophonic

• polyphonic

• homophonic

4. What is a special kind of scale used in the Medieval period?

• mode

• Major scale

• minor scale

5. What do you call a monophonic plain song attributed to Pope Gregory I ?

• neumes

• Gregorian chant

• chorale

6. What is the notation used in Medieval music?

• tablature

• major scale

• neumes

7.What music is composed for the church?

• secular music

• popular music

• sacred music

8. What do you mean by a free tempo?

• uses time signature

• strict timing

• no particular timing

9. What is the notation below which is similar to a C major scale?

• ionian mode

• dorian mode

• mixolydian mode

10. What is the system of notation below?

• guitar tablature

• neumes notation

• graphic notation