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2-24-16 Pythagoras
2-24-16 Pythagoras
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Pythagorus and music
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Pythagorus tested the double and mean of different lengths of pipes for?
consonance
dissonance
cleanliness
durability
2
two pipes with 6 holes also associated with Dionysis and used double reeds
Bassoon
Phorminx
Kithara
Aulos
3
The concept of ______ is the basis for modern scales writing.
intervals
melody
harmony
monody
4
tetrachord
series of four sounds forming a scale of two tones and half
series of six tones - scale of two tones and a half
series of five sounds - scale of two tones and a half
5
A Greek choral song/chant writing an irregular form usually dedicated to Dionysis
Dithyramb
Monodic
Phorminx
Sickle and Anvil
6
concord
harmony
interval
melody
monody
7
Pythagoras tested his theory of consonances by?
tested catgut
attaching different thicknesses of strings for consonance
attaching weights to strings to determine consonance
poured ladles of weights into glasses
8
If you divide the fifth in half you get a?
fourth
third
second
fifth
9
If you divide the octave in half you get?
second
third
fourth
fifth
10
Cosmology, as a science, would stand until?
Copernicus
Aristotle
Obama
Plato
11
Young Greek boys were trained in which school?
The University of Hard Knocks
The University of Greece
The University of Athens
The Academy
12
This concept was that music had an effect on the mind, body and spirit.
Doctrine of Dionysis
Doctrine of Music
Doctrine of Ethos
Doctrine of the Muses
13
Who wrote down the teachings of Pythagoras after about two hundred years?
Pythagoras
Copernicus
Platoists
Aristotle
14
The four mathematical disciplines: arithmetic, geometry, _________ and music.
history
astronomy
calculus
algebra
15
The Roman statesman proclaimed the soul and body are subject to the same laws of proportions.
Tiberius
Caesar
Augustus
Boethius
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interval
distance between pitches
sound of the pitches
names of the pitches
different types of monody
17
Pythagoras taught that the planets produced vibrations as well. This was called?
Musica Sphera
Musica Mundana
Musica Void
Musica Soundeth
18
Monody or Monodic
melody only
melody and harmony
harmony
no melody or harmony
19
This was one of the basic muses taught...
Physical Education
Poetry
Science
Music
20
The year the Athenians were conquered by the Spartans.
350BC
404BC
407BC
400BC
21
Ode
stately dance with lyrical movments
stately song
elaborate, stately lyric poem
22
Translation of Musica Mundane.
Music of the Planet
How to kill a planet
Sphere Day
Music of the Spheres
23
Pythagoras' ideas was written down primarily by which philosopher?
Plato
Aristotle
Copernicus
Socrates
24
Greeks believed music had ...
left and right
wild and free
soft and loud
good and bad
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consonance
sounds of intervals
sounds dissonant
monody
sounds pleasing
26
dissonance
monody
intervals
sounds not pleasing
sounds pleasing
27
Music had only three intervals that were harmonious. They were the fourth, the fifth and the?
unison
second
sixth
octave
28
According to Pythagoras, this would govern musical tone.
weight
That fat lady singing
numbers
strings
29
A stringed instrument similar to a lyre or harp
Aulos
Guitar
Kithara
Phorminx
30
Pythagoras observed that different weights of hammers produced different?
metals
dissonant sounds
high sounds
notes
