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General Music History: Plainchant Unit

Please answer the following questions about the topics discussed in class.
1. What century are the earliest notated sources of plainchant from?

2. According to a popular legend, which important person received

divine inspiration for the creation of plainchant?

3. Which type of chant has one note per syllable?

4. What is the name for the service the monks held to recite all of the
psalms continuously?

5. What abbess composed a large portion of the plainchant repertoire?

6. Which of these options describe early plainchant?

a. Monophonic
b. Polyphonic
c. Homophonic
d. Heterophonic

7. Which of these statements is incorrect?

a. Plainchant is the earliest notated form of music
b. Only men sang chant
c. Chant was used in Christian worship
d. Learning chant required extensive memorization

8. What is the name for the symbols plainchant was notated with?
a. Neuminnies
b. Memues
 c. Neumes
d. Notes
9. Why were many plainchant songs not notated? More than one
answer may be correct.
a. They didnt feel like it
b. The general public didnt like chant
c. Vellum was too expensive
d. Chants were usually memorized instead of being read.

10. Which of these does not describe plainchant?

a. Melismatic
b. Syllabic
c. Trilabic
d. Neumatic
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General Music History: Plainchant Unit
Please answer the following questions about the topics discussed in class.
1. What century are the earliest notated sources of plainchant from?
9th century

2. According to a popular legend, which important person received

divine inspiration for the creation of plainchant?
Pope Gregory

3. Which type of chant has one note per syllable?

Syllabic

4. What is the name for the service the monks held to recite all of the
psalms continuously?
Divine Office

5. What abbess composed a large portion of the plainchant repertoire?

Hildegard von Bingen

6. Which of these options describe early plainchant?

e. Monophonic
f. Polyphonic
g. Homophonic
h. Heterophonic

7. Which of these statements is incorrect?

e. Plainchant is the earliest notated form of music
f. Only men sang chant
g. Chant was used in Christian worship
h. Learning chant required extensive memorization

8. What is the name for the symbols plainchant was notated with?
e. Neuminnies
f. Memues
 g. Neumes
h. Notes
9. Why were many plainchant songs not notated? More than one
answer may be correct.
e. They didnt feel like it
f. The general public didnt like chant
g. Vellum was too expensive
h. Chants were usually memorized instead of being read.

10. Which of these does not describe plainchant?

a. Melismatic
b. Syllabic
c. Trilabic
d. Neumatic
 Modified Worksheet
General Music History: Plainchant Unit
Please answer these questions about chant.
Word Bank

Not every term will be used

Syllabic 9th century Hildegard von Bingen
th
6 century Pope Gregory Pope Paul
Mother Theresa Neumatic Divine Office

1. When did plainchant first get written down?

2. Who created plainchant according to a well-known story?

3. Which type of chant has one note per syllable?

4. What is the name for the service where monks recited psalms?

5. What woman wrote a much of the plainchant we have today?

6. Which of these options describe early plainchant?
i. Monophonic
j. Polyphonic
k. Homophonic

7. Which of these statements is incorrect?

i. Plainchant is the earliest notated form of music
j. Only men sang chant
k. Chant was used in Christian worship

8. What is the name for the symbols plainchant was notated with?
i. Neuminnies
j. Neumes
k. Notes

9. Why were many plainchant songs not notated?

i. They didnt feel like it
j. The general public didnt like chant
k. Chants were usually memorized instead of being read.

10. Which of these does not describe plainchant?

a. Melismatic
b. Syllabic
c. Trilabic
 Modified Answer Key
General Music History: Plainchant Unit
Please answer these questions about chant.
Word Bank

Not every term will be used

Syllabic 9th century Hildegard von Bingen
th
6 century Pope Gregory
Pope Paul Mother Theresa Neumatic
Divine Office

1. When did plainchant first get written down?

9th century

2. Who created plainchant according to a well-known story?

Pope Gregory

3. Which type of chant has one note per syllable?

Syllabic

4. What is the name for the service where monks recited psalms?

Divine Office

5. What woman wrote a much of the plainchant we have today?

 Hildegard von Bingen
6. Which of these options describe early plainchant?
l. Monophonic
m. Polyphonic
n. Homophonic

7. Which of these statements is incorrect?

l. Plainchant is the earliest notated form of music
m. Only men sang chant
n. Chant was used in Christian worship

8. What is the name for the symbols plainchant was notated with?
l. Neuminnies
m. Neumes
n. Notes

9. Why were many plainchant songs not notated?

l. They didnt feel like it
m. The general public didnt like chant
n. Chants were usually memorized instead of being read.

10. Which of these does not describe plainchant?

a. Melismatic
b. Syllabic
c. Trilabic