Name _____________________ Section ________  Date _______________

 

Big, Scary Test

 

1.     What event marks the beginning of traditional Western music history?

 

 

2.     Why is old church music often called Gregorian chant?

 

 

3.     Define sacred and secular.

 

 

 

4.     What is organum?

 

 

5.     Why was most recorded medieval music sacred?

 

 

6.     About what two things did troubadours commonly sing?

 

 

7.     Who was the first recorded Western composer?

 

 

8.     Who wrote the Magnus Liber?

 

 

9.     Who invented solfege?

 

 

10. Why did sacred composers in the Renaissance write polyphonic music?

 

 

11. Draw a half note.

 

 

12. Draw four connected sixteenth notes.

13. Draw an eighth note.

 

 

14. Draw a whole note.

 

 

15. Draw a quarter note.

 

 

16-18. Using squiggly lines (like this        ) to represent individual vocal lines, illustrate the following concepts:

 

monophony-

 

 

homophony-

 

 

 

polyphony-

 

 

Circle the term that best describes the example being played.

 

19.     monophonic                    homophonic                    polyphonic

 

20.     monophonic                    homophonic                    polyphonic

 

21.     monophonic                    homophonic                    polyphonic

 

 

22-28. Identify treble clef notes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

            ____         ____         ____         ____         ____         ____         ____

29-35. Identify bass clef notes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

            ____         ____         ____         ____         ____         ____         ____

 

 

36. How many                          in                          ?        ________

 

37. How many                          in                          ?        ________

 

38. How many                          in                          ?        ________

 

39. How many                          in                          ?        ________

 

40. How many                          in                          ?        ________

 

41. How many                          in                          ?        ________

 

 

42. What does the top number of a time signature tell you?

 

 

43. What does the bottom number of a time signature tell you?

 

 

44-47. Fill in each measure below with notes.

 

 

 

 

 

48-50. Add notes to each measure to make up the missing value.

 

 

 

Extra credit questions (2 points each)

 

 

 How many                     in                          ?        ________

 

 

 

 

What note is this?