Medieval Music Quiz

Which vocabulary word describes how loud or soft the music will sound?

• dynamics

• piano

• accent

• monophonic

Which vocabulary word describes the speed of the music?

• dynamics

• accent

• tempo

• largo

Music was this texture until around the year 800.

• polyphonic

• homophonic

• monophonic

• varied

Passing music down from one generation to another and teaching through memorization was called?

• Guidonian Hand

• Solfege

• Rote learning

• Music reading

The latin chant music we listened to from the beginning of the Medieval era was what texture?

• Two part

• Monophonic

• Polyphonic

• Homophonic

This type of music would be heard in the church and sung by monks, boys, or clergy men.

• Secular music

• Instrumental

• Ballad

• Plainchant

Traveling musicians lost their popularity around?

• 800

• 1400

• The time they got married

• During the evening

The musical example "Estampie" was considered what type of music?

• Music for monks

• Voice and instruments

• Instrumental

• Voices only

After listening to the Medieval Ballad "Lord Randal" WHO poisoned Randal in the story?

• True love
• Lord Randal

• His mother

• His bloodhounds

In the Medieval ballad Barbara Allen, who died first in the story?

• Lord Randal

• Barbara Allen

• William

• Bloodhounds