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Social classes in the Middle
Ages consisted of church
folks, nobles, and these.

A 100
What are peasants?

A 100
These people were wandering
performers of secular music
and were generally not
considered to be of a
respected class.

A 200
Who were minstrels?

A 200
This class of people in the
Medieval/Renaissance time
periods had the highest
economic status.

A 300
Who were the nobles?

A 300
This social institution offered
relief from the misery of the
Middle Ages.

A 400
What is the Catholic church?

A 400
 “Ashes, ashes, we ALL fall
down” was an indication that
every social class was
impacted by this Medieval
ailment.

A 500
What is the Black (or
Bubonic) Plague?

A 500
When a parallel 4th is added
to a plainchant it becomes
this.

B 100
What is organum?

B 100
Plainchant is often referred to
by the name of this pope who
organized the chant of the
church in the Middle Ages.

B 200
Who is Pope Gregory I?

B 200
This is the term for music
composed for religious
purposes, primarily the
church.

B 300
What is sacred?

B 300
 These were not considered
proper for the performance of
sacred music in the Middle
Ages.

B 400
What are instruments?

B 400
 The ordinary of the Latin
mass used the same text for
every service. This portion of
the mass would change for
special occasions and
holidays.
B 500
What is the proper?

B 500
 This style of polyphonic
secular music was a poetic
and musical form which
originated in the 14th century.

C 100
What is a madrigal?

C 100
 This term describes music
that was composed and
performed for non-religious
purposes.

C 200
What is secular?

C 200
 Many secular songs by
minstrels and troubadours
were accompanied by this
instrument.

C 300
What is a lute?

C 300
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 These are some instruments
that would have been used for
battles and/or ceremonies.

C 400
What are trumpet, drum,
sackbut, shawm?
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considered acceptable)

C 400
Secular music was often
about this subject.

C 500
What is love?

C 500
This female composer lived
during the Middle Ages.

D 100
Who is Hildegard von
Bingen?

D 100
This musician developed the
idea of singing with solfege
based on syllables and
positions on the hand.

D 200
Who is Guido d’Arezzo?

(Guidonian Hand)

D 200
This man composed primarily
for lute during the
Renaissance.

D 300
Who is John Dowland?

D 300
 This Flemish composer
primarily wrote sacred music.

D 400
Who is Josquin des Prez

D 400
 This Italian Renaissance
composer is known for his
100s of sacred works.

D 500
What is Giovanni Pierluigi da
Palestrina?

D 500
 This technological
development greatly
increased the availability and
decreased the price of sheet
music.

E 100
What is the printing press?

E 100
Due to the expense of printed
music in the Middle Ages,
music was primarily
communicated by this
method.

E 200
What is oral transmission (or
word-of-mouth)?

E 200
These square-shaped notes
are the earliest form of
printed music.

E 300
What are neumes?

E 300
This method of writing notes
based on a diagram of the
instrument’s fretboard is used
for modern guitars and was
invented for the lute in the
Renaissance.
E 400
What is tablature?

E 400
During the Middle Ages this
collection of chants would
have been copied by hand
with quill and ink.

E 500
What is the Liber Usualis?

E 500
Two or more independent
melodies sounding
simultaneously.

F 100
What is polyphonic?

F 100
This is the mode you would
hear if you played the white
keys on a piano from E to E.

F 200
What is Phrygian?

F 200
 Catholic worship for monks
and nuns consisted of the
mass and this type of service
that happened throughout the
day and was based on the
time.
F 300
What are canonical hours (or
simply “hours”)?

F 300
 This is the name for a
collection of instruments,
often from the same family.

F 400
What is a consort?

F 400
This name of this instrument
literally means “push-pull.”

F 500
What is Sackbut?

F 500
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