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Medieval/Renaissance Instruments
First test for Music Appreciation
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Undergraduate 1
09/18/2011

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Term
What is the name of the oldest string instrument?
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Harp
Term
What is the meaning of the harp?
Definition
To pluck
Term
From what materials were strings made?
Definition
Sheep/animal guts
Term
What monarch ruled that harps were to be burned and all harpers hanged?
Definition
Queen Elizabeth
Term
What string instrument was the first to have a hollow sounding wood?
Definition
Psaltery
Term
What two ways were psalterys played?
Definition
Plucked or bowed
Term
What instrument's name means "sweet sound?"
Definition
Dulcimer
Term
What two ways were the dulcimer played?
Definition
Hammered or plucked
Term
What instrument's ancestor came from the Arab instrument called "al ud" (wood)?
Definition
The lute
Term
What instrument was originally made witha a hollowed gourd and played on the lap?
Definition
Rebec
Term
What instrument is a direct predecessor of the violin?
Definition
Viol
Term
What does Viol da Gamba mean?
Definition
Leg Viol
Term
What is the "wheel fiddle?"
Definition
The hurdy-gurdy
Term
What instrument is considered the oldest wood wind instrument?
Definition
The flute
Term
What is the oldest flute example?
Definition
Neanderthal
Term
What is the oldest flute made of?
Definition
The cave bear's femur
Term
Where were the oldest playable flutes found?
Definition
China
Term
From what material are the oldest playable flutes made?
Definition
Crane Bones
Term
What instrument is a direct predecessor of the bassoon?
Definition
Curtal
Term
What instrument is a simplified bagpipe?
Definition
Bladder pipe
Term
What medieval woodwind means "to practice?"
Definition
Recorder
Term
What instrument is the direct predecessor of the oboe?
Definition
Shaum
Term
What brass instrument is described as a cowhorn with finger holes?
Definition
Cornett
Term
What instrument is a direct ancestor of the trombone?
Definition
Sackbut
Term
What brass instrument is still used for religious purposes today?
Definition
Shofar
Term
What keyboard instrument was popular?
Definition
Organetto
Term
What's another name for a keyboard
Definition
Manual
Term
What percussion instrument is an early ancestor of the tympani?
Definition
Naker
Term
What instrument was played with flute?
Definition
Pipe & tabor
Term
What instrument was double headed?
Definition
Damroo
Term
What is the other name for the damroo?
Definition
The monkey talking drum
Term
Classification of instruments that produce sounds electronically
Definition
Electrophone
Term
Classification for instruments that produce sounds through vibrating strings
Definition
Chordaphone
Term
Classification for instruments that produce sounds by vibrating
Definition
Idiophones
Term
Classification for instruments that produce sound with vibrating air
Definition
Aerophones
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