Musical Elements Music of the Bible The Middle Ages Jazz Music The Renaissance
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What is an interval
This describes the distance between two pitches.
100
What is Luke
This book of the Bible contains several songs surrounding Jesus' birth.
100
What is Organum?
This harmonic form marks the earliest form of polyphony.
100
What is the trumpet?
The brass family is featured heavily in jazz through the use of tuba, trombone, and this important solo instrument.
100
What is Eleison?
In the Kyrie of the Mass, this word follows the words "Kyrie," "Christe," and again "Kyrie."
200
What is a chord
Several pitches are sounded simultaneously to create this
200
What is Exodus
This book of the Bible contains the first recorded song in history.
200
What are jongleurs?
France was the home of wandering minstrels called troubadours and trouveres and these acrobatic counterparts.
200
Who is Louis Armstrong?
He was one of the most famous trumpet players to emerge from the New Orleans Jazz genre.
200
What is Word Painting?
This device is one used by Renaissance composers in order to depict the text of a piece in the music itself.
300
What is texture
This musical element can be described as monophonic, homophonic, or polyphonic.
300
Who is David?
This famous harpist is known for composing most of the Psalms.
300
What is Gregorian Chant?
These early single line melodies are often credited to Pope Gregory I.
300
What is Ragtime?
Thoroughly composed and rarely improvised piano music was the heartbeat of this early jazz form.
300
What is "rebirth"?
The term renaissance literally translates as this.
400
What is a cappella
This describes the tone color of hearing voices alone without accompaniment.
400
What is the string family?
This instrument family includes the psaltery, dulcimer, and lyre.
400
Who are Leonin and Perotin?
These were the standout composers of the School of Notre Dame.
400
What is Twelve Bar Blues?
This Blues form required the use of a dozen measures.
400
What is Gloria?
This piece is a component of the Mass, in addition to the Kyrie, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei.
500
What is a consonant chord?
The opposite of a dissonant chord.
500
What is the sackbut?
This instrument is often mistranslated as a string instrument but is actually an early predecessor to the trombone.
500
What is monophonic?
Early medieval and Biblical music was often described as having this texture.
500
What are scales?
Just as these combinations of whole and half steps exist in Major and Minor, so do they also exist in chromatic form or jazz form.
500
What is the lute?
This instrument was the favorite among Renaissance composers.






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