MOD 3
Module Three: Text Questions
Review Questions
1. What are the Hurrian songs? Why are they important? The Hurrian songs are a set of fragmentary relics as well as a nearly complete example of noted music. They are the basic starting points of songs or hymns.
2. What is the Natya Shastra? Why is it important? Natya Shastra is a written discourse on the performing arts, including music, dance, stage performances. It goes into more detail about instruments used in hymns or songs.
3. Who were troubadours? What was their music like? Troubadours were traveling poet-musicians who traveled, singing and performing for the nobility. Their music was usually of them and an instrument.
4. Ionian, Dorian, Phyrgian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian & Locrian. Dorian mode in C begins and ends on D.
5. What is polyphonic music? How does it differ from monophonic music? Polyphonic- uses 2 or more independent melodies, Monophonic- uses 1 melody
Critical Thinking Questions
1. Why did early humans develop music? What are some of the ways that they were thought to create music? They would copy bird calls, or sounds they hear around them. They would leave paintings on the cave walls.
2. Why is the study of prehistoric and ancient music important? What can we learn from it? So we can learn how they songs or hymns were created. We need to know how they were created or we most likely would not have music today.
3. What roles did music play in the life of prehistoric and ancient people? Are the roles similar to or different from the roles that it plays today? Many songs and hymns were from religion and we use it today in church.
4. What were the effects of musical notation on music, society, and composers? Its lets more than one person or rhythm to a song.
5. Describe medieval music's relationship with the Catholic Church. How was the music influenced by the Church? They use the Gregorian Chant.
Review Questions
1. What are the Hurrian songs? Why are they important? The Hurrian songs are a set of fragmentary relics as well as a nearly complete example of noted music. They are the basic starting points of songs or hymns.
2. What is the Natya Shastra? Why is it important? Natya Shastra is a written discourse on the performing arts, including music, dance, stage performances. It goes into more detail about instruments used in hymns or songs.
3. Who were troubadours? What was their music like? Troubadours were traveling poet-musicians who traveled, singing and performing for the nobility. Their music was usually of them and an instrument.
4. Ionian, Dorian, Phyrgian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian & Locrian. Dorian mode in C begins and ends on D.
5. What is polyphonic music? How does it differ from monophonic music? Polyphonic- uses 2 or more independent melodies, Monophonic- uses 1 melody
Critical Thinking Questions
1. Why did early humans develop music? What are some of the ways that they were thought to create music? They would copy bird calls, or sounds they hear around them. They would leave paintings on the cave walls.
2. Why is the study of prehistoric and ancient music important? What can we learn from it? So we can learn how they songs or hymns were created. We need to know how they were created or we most likely would not have music today.
3. What roles did music play in the life of prehistoric and ancient people? Are the roles similar to or different from the roles that it plays today? Many songs and hymns were from religion and we use it today in church.
4. What were the effects of musical notation on music, society, and composers? Its lets more than one person or rhythm to a song.
5. Describe medieval music's relationship with the Catholic Church. How was the music influenced by the Church? They use the Gregorian Chant.