STUDY QUESTIONS with ANSWERS HWM8, Chap 01 (Music in Antiquity)

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Short-Answer Questions
1. What four types of evidence exist about music of the past? 1) Physical remains, including musical instruments 2) Visual images of musicians and instruments 3) Writings about music and musicians 4) Music preserved via notation, oral tradition, or recordings 2. What were the fundamental ideas about music common in Mediterranean and southwest Asian cultures of Antiquity that were retained and continued to be common in modern Europe? [Note: Antiquity here refers to the period before ca. 450 C.E. or the fall of the Western Roman Empire; modern refers to the period after ca. 450 C.E. or the European Middle Ages.] a) melody was intimately linked with the rhythm and meter of words b) musicians did not read from notation; performers relied on their memories and knowledge of traditional musical formulas and conventions, rather than reading from notation c) philosophers conceived of music as an orderly system interlocked with the system of nature and as a force in human thought and conduct d) a scientifically-based acoustical theory e) well-developed music theory and concepts

Multiple-Choice Questions
3. To what was the rhythm of ancient Greek music intimately tied? a. poetic meter b. religious beliefs c. dance rhythms d. the mode of the melody e. its ceremonial function

4. What did ancient Greek musical writings include? a. descriptions of musical practices of the time b. doctrines on the nature of music c. doctrines on the proper uses of music in society d. all of the above e. none of the above 5. Which of these theories of music does the Doctrine of Ethos describe? a. can influence a person's morality b. creates a sound in the heavens c. should be performed ethically d. has eight tonoi e. is a sacred gift from God 6. Which of the following statements is true of ancient Greek music education? a. Music was closely related to numbers and to number theory. b. Music was considered one of the fine arts and was taught alongside drama. c. Music and gymnastics were considered to be essential subjects in education. d. When Plato and Aristotle wrote about education they ignored music. e. Young boys were sent to conservatories to learn to sing epics. 7. What does the doctrine of imitation hold to be true? a. music is capable of imitating sounds and ideas from the external world b. students should learn musical skills by emulating a master teacher c. the poor can rise in station by imitating the music of the elite d. a person will imitate the ethos of the music they hear / he or she hears e. the planets make an inaudible music that influences life on Earth 8. Which of the following concepts did ancient Greek music theory include? a. counterpoint, semitones, and intervals b. intervals, scales, and tetrachords c. major and minor intervals, and a system of twelve modes d. dissonant intervals and interval inversion e. major and minor keys and triads 9. Of what does the Greater Perfect System consist? a. rules for making music in Plato's idealized republic b. a series of tetrachords linked to form a two-octave range of usable pitches c. Cleonides' system of octave species d. the Roman system of music, which they believed was an improvement over the Greek system e. a four-note extension of the Lesser Perfect System 10. The names for the modes came from ________. a. Babylonian mode names b. composers noted for composing in those modes c. the first lines of famous songs in those modes d. ethnic groups of ancient Greece e. the names of famous music theorists

11. The three genera of tetrachords in the Greek system of music theory are ________. a. major, minor, and harmonic b. Dorian, Phrygian, and Lydian c. diatonic, chromatic, and enharmonic d. Platonic, Aristotelian, and Boethian e. sacred, secular, and mixed 12. The person who first recognized the numerical relationships that underlay musical intervals was ____________. a. Pythagoras b. Plato c. Aristotle d. Aristoxenus e. Cleonides