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Which of the following is accurate regarding how the ancient Greeks…
Which of the following is accurate regarding how the ancient Greeks would “write” music?
Question 7 options:
They used a form of written notation that is clearly the foundation for what is used today.
There is no evidence that a written notation system was used.
There are written descriptions of music, along with illustrations of various instruments, but unfortunately no evidence of written music has survived that can be examined.
The “composition” system used letters to represent what today we would call pitch.
Part of this exercise included watching a video that presents what is believed to be an ancient composition of Greek music, including an actual performance. Based on what you observed in the video, which of the following is TRUE?
Question 8 options:
The performance is believed to be the correct interpretation of what the composer had intended.
The manner in which the composition was discovered is unknown.
It is believed to be the longest composition of ancient Greek music that has survived into the modern era.
The composition is believed to have been written for a funeral ceremony.
It has been established that musical instruments have been part of human existence as far back as the stone age. According to the best available evidence, the oldest instruments are ______, and were made using ______.
Question 9 options:
drums; wood.
drums; ivory
flutes; animal horns
flutes; animal bones
Part of this exercise included watching two videos that each present what is believed to be evidence of prehistoric flutes, including an actual performance by an archaeologist using one. Based on what you observed in the video, which of the following is true?
Question 10 options:
The oldest flutes were made of stone, and that is how they have survived from antiquity.
The recovered flutes have clear evidence of carving to create octave equivalence.
Archaeologists are convinced these instruments were used for religious ceremonies.
The instruments can no longer be played.
Based on your reading of the background information provided for this exercise, which of the following is accurate about sounds that we perceive as music?
Question 11 options:
There must be consensus among many persons in order to claim the sounds heard constitute music.
The sounds that audience members might make can be perceived as music.
Only sounds that are able to be sung aloud or hummed should “count” as instances of music.
It is relatively easy to determine what sounds should be perceived as music versus those that are not music.
