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Middle Ages Instruments

Middle Ages Instruments

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TAMMY HOPKINS

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8 Slides • 5 Questions

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Middle Ages Instruments

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Bowed Instruments

  • Vielles, ancestor of the Renaissance viol family

  • Most important of the bowed instruments


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Bowed Instruments

•Rebec: pear shaped instrument 

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The

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is most important of the bowed instruments

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Bowed Instruments

Tromba marina: long in shape and usually has one string

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Plucked Strings

  • Psaltery: a flat sounding board, similar to that of the zither 

  • Lute: most importangled neck and a pear shaped body  

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Multiple Choice

The lute is the most important string instruments with a flat sounding board.

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False

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True

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Wind Instruments

  • Various kinds of trumpets, recorders, and horns were used 

  • Shawm: a double reed instrument 

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Which wind instrument has a double reed?

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Organs

•Positive organ was a very important instrument 

•Portative recorders organs or organetto were used. They were small and able to be moved around



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Multiple Choice

Portative organs were small and could not be moved around.

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False

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True

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Percussion Instruments

•Drums came in many different shapes and sizes

•Used mainly for military and dance purposes

•Kettledrums (nakers), bells, cymbals, cylindrical drum (tabor) were used 

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Drums were mainly used for military and

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purposes.

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