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Music History 1

Authored by Greg Hersey

Performing Arts

8th Grade

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Music History 1
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Music is propelled forward in time by:

harmony
rhythm
texture
timbre

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

A succession of single tones or pitches perceived as a unit is called:

an interval
a melody
a harmony
a chord

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

The quality of a work of art that represents structure or shape refers to its:

themes
melody
form
harmony

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

The preservation of music without the help of written notation is called: 

crossover
modulation
oral transmission
retrograde inversion

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

The early polyphonic genre that resulted from the addition of texts to all voices was called: 

organum
motet
duplum
triplum

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Music of the 14th century under-went a change of style that became known as:

the Ars antiqua
the Ars nova
the Renaissance
Notre Dame Polyphony

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Medieval instruments can be divided into bas and haut, meaning:

high and low
string and wind
soft and loud
folk and aristocratic

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