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Chapter 6 Quiz
Origins of Medieval Music
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Which of the following is NOT a similarity between early medieval and ancient Greek music?
Both used scale-like arrangements of pitches known as "modes"
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Both primarily used monophonic texture
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Neither accepted the use of instruments other than the human voice
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Neither had prescribed rhythms
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The Greek concept that some intervals are fundamentally pleasing while others are naturally harsh and unstable is known as what?
The presence of monophony and polyphony
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The distinction between consonance and dissonance
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The modal scales
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The distinction between conjunct and disjunct
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Which of the following is the term for a musical instrument made from a tortoise shell with strings stretched across it?
Lyre
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Lute
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Harp
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Timpani
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The kithara, a harp-like music, was scorned by Plato as he believed its sound to have a corrupting effect.
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The Greek system of "modes," on which much medieval music is based, is similar to our modern scales in that both consist of a stepwise pattern of pitches that fill out an octave.
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