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Medieval music was roughly between which years?
500 BC - 500 AD
500 - 1400 AD
1400 - 1750 AD
1750 - 1830 AD
Which term means "one single line of music"?
Polyphonic
Homophonic
Stereophonic
Monophonic
Another word for Gregorian Chant is:
Singsong
Ostinato
Plainsong
Cantata
In Medieval music, the intervals most used for harmony were the:
Second & seventh
Third & sixth
Fifth & fourth
A single melodic line with other voice parts added for decoration was called:
Organum
Oregano
Origami
Organic
The period of music which followed Medieval is the:
Renaissance
Modern
Classical
Romantic
Baroque
During the Renaissance, which interval became widely used in harmony?
Augmented third
Major third
Augmented fourth
Minor seventh
Which instrument was invented during the Renaissance period?
Viola
Violin
Viol
Violoncello
The Baroque era began in about 1600 and ended at the time of the death of which composer?
Palestrina
Bach
Beethoven
Mozart
The Baroque style of a single voice accompanied by an instrumental bass line and chords was called:
Parody
Monody
Polyphony
Soliloquy
A basso continuo could be played by a harpsichord together with which another instrument?
Shawm
Organ
Flute
Cello
Which of these musical forms were popular in the Baroque era?
The Fugue
The Opera
The Mazurka
Plainsong
The Sonata
The Classical music period spans from the death of which composer to the death of which other composers?
Bach to Beethoven
Bach to Mozart
Palestrina to Liszt
Mozart to Beethoven
Which instrument became hugely popular in the Classical era?
Flute
Guitar
Piano
Viola
What was the typical movement/ tempo arrangement of most three-movement Classical pieces?
Fast-Slow-Fast
Fast-Fast-Slow
Slow-Fast-Slow
Slow-Fast-Fast
Which type of instruments are found in a string quartet?
Violin
Viola
Cello
Double bass
Guitar
In the Romantic era, the focus was on:
Mostly form
Mostly emotion
Form and emotion in equal measures
The end of the Romantic era has a fixed date.
True
False
Which of the following devices can be found in Modern music?that apply)
Whole tone scales
Major and Minor scales
Pentatonic scales
Quartertone scales
Nuts and bolts
How long is John Cage's "Silence" piece?
3'44
4'33
4'34
4'44
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