Medieval and Renaissance Unit 3
Lab Questions
Visit A Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Instruments and read the articles. 1. The following answers are located in the articles. Read through the articles to answer each question:
a. Which instrument looks like a snake? The Serpent
b. Which instrument is played by winding a crank? The Hurdy-Gurdy
c. Which instrument "is a loud reed-cap instrument with a double reed"? The Rauschpfeife
d. Which instrument has been called the most versatile of Renaissance wind instruments? The Rackett
e. Which instrument was an instrument used by priests in Biblical times? The Dulcian
f. Which instrument uses an animal bladder? The Bladder Pipe
g. Which instrument uses strings and was used in ancient times? The Harp
h. Which instrument uses a bow and originated in Asia? The Rebec
2. Choose five instruments that you haven't heard about before or that you want to know more about. Read the article for these five instruments and answer the following questions:
• The Rebec
• The Bladder Pipe
• The Hurdy-Gurdy
• The Rackett
• The Crumhorn
a. What is the instrument? The Bladder Pipe is an instrument with a single reed, but for the soft, low, baritone sound, it uses an animal bladder as the “air-bag” that controls how loud the instrument gets.
b. Describe the instrument. What does it look like? What does it sound like? The Bladder Pipe literally looks like a stick with a plastic bag on the top! But it has the base (the neck/body) of a very long recorder and then the top looks like a plastic bag which also helps so your lips don’t touch the reed very much.
c. How is the instrument played? Was it used in particular types of music? The instrument is and can be played by either standing up or sitting down. It’s really based on the persons preference on playing the instrument. The Bladder Pipe was used for all types of music I’m assuming. (The article did not specify what genre of music the instrument is used for)
3. Listen to the sound clip for each
Visit A Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Instruments and read the articles. 1. The following answers are located in the articles. Read through the articles to answer each question:
a. Which instrument looks like a snake? The Serpent
b. Which instrument is played by winding a crank? The Hurdy-Gurdy
c. Which instrument "is a loud reed-cap instrument with a double reed"? The Rauschpfeife
d. Which instrument has been called the most versatile of Renaissance wind instruments? The Rackett
e. Which instrument was an instrument used by priests in Biblical times? The Dulcian
f. Which instrument uses an animal bladder? The Bladder Pipe
g. Which instrument uses strings and was used in ancient times? The Harp
h. Which instrument uses a bow and originated in Asia? The Rebec
2. Choose five instruments that you haven't heard about before or that you want to know more about. Read the article for these five instruments and answer the following questions:
• The Rebec
• The Bladder Pipe
• The Hurdy-Gurdy
• The Rackett
• The Crumhorn
a. What is the instrument? The Bladder Pipe is an instrument with a single reed, but for the soft, low, baritone sound, it uses an animal bladder as the “air-bag” that controls how loud the instrument gets.
b. Describe the instrument. What does it look like? What does it sound like? The Bladder Pipe literally looks like a stick with a plastic bag on the top! But it has the base (the neck/body) of a very long recorder and then the top looks like a plastic bag which also helps so your lips don’t touch the reed very much.
c. How is the instrument played? Was it used in particular types of music? The instrument is and can be played by either standing up or sitting down. It’s really based on the persons preference on playing the instrument. The Bladder Pipe was used for all types of music I’m assuming. (The article did not specify what genre of music the instrument is used for)
3. Listen to the sound clip for each