What is ancient music?

Music made in the post-prehistoric era

What are the 4 different types of modes?

Dorian, Ionian, Lydian and Phrygian

What did the Mesopotamians develop?

Metal working, glassmaking, and textile weaving

Why were early humans called Prehistoric?

They didn’t write down their history

What is Mesopotamia known as and where is it located today?

Cradle of civilization; located in Iraq

What was the first instrument thought to be made of?

A hollowed out log or animal bones with skin over it

What is Prehistoric music?

Earliest music produced by humans

Limited series of pitches defined by set intervals

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Western Civilization

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1
How old is the Neanderthal flute and what was it made of?
5 years old made of metal
45,000 years old made of bone
We don’t know
10 years old made of wood
2
Who laid the foundations of music theory?
Mr. Brophy
Aristotle
Nobody
Aristoxinous
3
Who discovered the mathematical relationship between specific frequencies and music intervals?
Zeus
Orpheus
Pythagoras
Aristotle
4
What is ancient music?
Music from when your parents were young
Music made in the post-prehistoric era
Music that you don’t like
Music from the early 1900s
5
What are the 4 different types of modes?
Dorian, musical, Phrygian and Maximus
Dorian, Ionian, Lydian and Phrygian
Maximus, Minimum, Dorian, Phrygian
Ionian, Oxygen, Hydrogen and Minimum
6
What kind of tablet was found in this ancient city?
Glass
Metal
Cuneiform
Paper
7
What did the Mesopotamians develop?
Nothing
Don’t know
Everything
Metal working, glassmaking, and textile weaving
8
Where did the first music come from?
Mimicking the sounds around them
All of the above
Caveman pounding on a hollow log
We don’t know
9
What does antiphonal mean?
A name they called people
Chant with two or more voices
A type of instrument
Opposite of tiphonal
10
Why were early humans called Prehistoric?
It sounded good
They didn’t write down their history
That’s what they wanted to call them
They lived with the dinosaurs
11
When did the Roman Empire fall?
476C.E.
1995
1800
It didn’t
12
What were common instruments of the Greeks?
Drums
Rocks and logs
Singing
Pipes, flutes, lyres
13
What is Mesopotamia known as and where is it located today?
Some place; located in Australia
A pretty city; located in Asia
An old city; located in Europe
Cradle of civilization; located in Iraq
14
What was the first instrument thought to be made of?
We don’t know
A rock
Guitar
A hollowed out log or animal bones with skin over it
15
What did ancient Egyptians regard music as?
Special
They hated it
A gift from the gods
They didn’t like it
16
In what ancient city was the earliest known written music found?
Cairo
They didn’t find it
City of Ur
Babylonia
17
What is Prehistoric music?
Earliest music produced by humans
We don’t know
Music played by the dinosaurs
None of the above
18
What are modes?
Things people used to make food
Type of dog
Ways to get places
Limited series of pitches defined by set intervals

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