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The ‘Beginning’ of Western Music
Notation Howard Goodall’s Big Bangs – Notation Please answer the following questions on this sheet as you watch the DVD.
1. What is notation? _______________________________________ 2. On what did the medieval monks use to record their history? ____________ 3. In the monasteries of the first Christian millennium, what was the only music they had left from the Romans? ___________________________________ 4. Around what year did music start to be written down? ____________ 5. What culture did Western Europe look to establish its musical system? _________________ 6. In trying to recreate a system of music, medieval monks had to rely on P_______________ that had developed from J___________________. 7. Plainchant is the actual expression of the C________________ F_________ . 8. In the ________ Century Pope Gregory the great ordered a collection of church repertoire into one hymn book. Plainchant became known as G_________________ C______________ . 9. The words of a chant were written down but the music was not. How many hours of music would need to be memorised if a singer were to perform every note of every chant? ______________ 10. What is a major drawback in relying on memory in an aural tradition? _____________________________________________________
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