Music History Test

Question or Hint Answer or Word

ostinato A musical phrase repeated over and over during a composition (wrong answers: The distance in pitch between two tones, A chord with two or more notes)
organum A plainchant melody witht at least one added voice to enhance the harmony, developed in the Middle Ages. to (wrong answers: A vocal or instrumental piece that sings or plays the same music starting at different times. A round., The distance in pitch between two tones., A plainchant melody., A musical phrase repeated over and over.)
troubador One of a class of 12th century and 13th century lyric poets who compsed songs often about courtly love. (wrong answers: The distance in pitch between two tones, A plainchant melody with at least one added voice to enhance the harmony, developed in the Middle ages., A follower of Guido d'Arezzo, A medieval monk who is regarded as the inventor of modern music notation, and solfege syllables.)
chant A short simple melody, especially one characterized by single notes to which an indefinite nomber of syllables are intoned, used in singing psalms, canticles, etc. in church services.