Music and Critical Thinking Questions
UNIT THREE: Music Appreciation Text Questions
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. Use the Unit 3: Text Questions dropbox basket.
The answers to the Review & Critical Thinking questions are worth 10 points.
Review Questions
1. What is the Hurrian song? Why is it important? A Hurrian Song is a collection of music inscribed in cuneiform on clay tablets. Its important because it is one of the first times Hymns were written down.
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 a detailed amount of information on the types of instruments that were used at the time and that were popular.
3. Who were troubadours? What was their music like? Troubadors were traveling poet musicians who traveled from place to place singing and performing for the nobility. The songs that were sang were generally monophonic and they often accompanied themselves with an instrument like a lyre or a drum.
4. What are modes? Describe at least one type of mode. Modes were used before the modern day musical scales. One kind of mode is a lonian.
5. What is polyphonic music? How does it differ from monophonic music? Polyphonic music uses two or more independent melodies. It differs from monophonic music because monophonic music uses only on independent melody.
Critical Thinking Questions
1. Why did early humans 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 better. One way they were taught to create music was by listening to natural sounds and repeating them.
2. Why is the study of
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. Use the Unit 3: Text Questions dropbox basket.
The answers to the Review & Critical Thinking questions are worth 10 points.
Review Questions
1. What is the Hurrian song? Why is it important? A Hurrian Song is a collection of music inscribed in cuneiform on clay tablets. Its important because it is one of the first times Hymns were written down.
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 a detailed amount of information on the types of instruments that were used at the time and that were popular.
3. Who were troubadours? What was their music like? Troubadors were traveling poet musicians who traveled from place to place singing and performing for the nobility. The songs that were sang were generally monophonic and they often accompanied themselves with an instrument like a lyre or a drum.
4. What are modes? Describe at least one type of mode. Modes were used before the modern day musical scales. One kind of mode is a lonian.
5. What is polyphonic music? How does it differ from monophonic music? Polyphonic music uses two or more independent melodies. It differs from monophonic music because monophonic music uses only on independent melody.
Critical Thinking Questions
1. Why did early humans 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 better. One way they were taught to create music was by listening to natural sounds and repeating them.
2. Why is the study of