Please complete the following questions. It is important that you use full sentences and present the questions and answers when you submit your work. Submit the work as a file attachment. This means you complete all work in a word processing document (e.g., Microsoft Word) and attach the file using the dropbox tool.
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The answers to the Review & Critical Thinking questions are worth 10 points.
Review Questions
1. What is the Hurrian song? Why is it important? The Hurrian Song is a collection of music inscribed on cuneiform on clay tablets.
Its important because it is one of the first times Hymns were written down.
The Hurrian tunes are a set of fragmentary relics as well as a nearly complete example of notated music from around 1400 BCE. They are essential since it was the very first piece of proof that there was written musical pieces and these songs were played during essential life events such that as marriages and royal family births.
2. What is the Natya Shastra? Why is it important? Natya Shastra is a writing on the performing arts, dancing, and stage performance. This is important because it gives quite a detailed information on the types of instruments that was used at the time and was popular.
3. Who were troubadours? What was their music like?Troubadours were traveling poet musicians who traveled from place to place singing and performing for the nobility. The songs that were sang were generally monophic and they often accompanied themselves with an instrument like a lyre or even a drum.
4. What are modes? Describe at least one type of mode. Modes were used before the modern day scales. There are seven different modes: Dorian, Ionian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, and Locrian. Dorian mode in C begins and ends on D. Another kind of mode is Ionian.
5. What is polyphonic music? How does it differ from monophonic music? Polyphonic Music uses two or more independent melodies. It differs from monophic music because monophic music has only one independent tun and it dominated in early middle ages.
Critical Thinking Questions
1. Why did develop music? What are some of the ways that they were thought to create music?Early Humans developed music because they wanted to express themselves. One way they were thought to create music was by listening to natural sounds and repeating them. Other reasons to develop music were to to create reactions from animals during hunting. Some of the ways they were thought to create music was through their own voices and created instruments.
2. Why is the study of prehistoric and ancient music important? What can we learn from it? The study of prehistoric/ancient music is important because you can see how music started and how it advanced. From this we can learn how the musical instruments in both time periods were used and what use they may have had. We can learn how people lived back then from it.
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? In the past music was not as big of a deal as it is today. The role music played was entertainment and Religious support, such as that of ceremonies. The roles are different in that we use music for a multitude of reasons, whether it be to wake us up for school or aid us in sleeping; or even when we need something to cheer us up after a long and hard day or maybe something to calm us down after a heated argument. We use music today for our enjoyment as well as for our emotions.
4. What were the effects of musical notation on music, society, and composers? Music notation allows for multiple people to be able to learn to play an instrument without hearing it as well as having written documents of composers long after they have passed. It also allows a composer to create music without always having to remember it at the top of their head.
5. Describe medieval music’s relationship with the Catholic Church. How was the music influenced by the Church? The Catholic Church influenced medieval music during the Middle Ages through chanting and performances by monks but soon developed melodic sounds which were harmonized together. The Catholic Church did not use musical instruments and those who attended their performances liked the noise that was being produced by the church.
Discussion Questions
Please post questions and answers on the UNIT THREE discussion boards. Unless otherwise instructed, you should submit at least one full paragraph for each question. Each discussion assignment is worth 5 points.
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