MUSIC TEST 1

YEAR 8

NAME:__________________________________________________DATE:_____________
1) Complete the text. Choose a word for each gap.

Music history begins when people started ___________ (a) music. The first period in
music history is the _____________ period (b), it began in the year _________(c)
and music was ___________(d). The second period is the classical period. It starts
in the year ___________(e) and it has four eras, first the ____________________(f),
then the _________________(g), followed by the _____________________(h) and
finishes

with

the

_________________(i).

The

last

period

is

the

__________________(j) and in this period, composers _________________(k)

music.
a) playing
writing
performing
listening
b) Medieval
Baroque
Classical
Contemporary
c) 400
300
450
500
d) secular
sacred
religion
for the people
e) 1400
1300
1450
1500
f) Medieval
Baroque
Romantic
Renaissance
g) Baroque
Classical
Romantic
Contemporary
h) Romantic
Classical
Renaissance
Baroque
i) Classical
Romantic
Baroque
Renaissance
j) Romantic
Classical
Medieval
Contemporary
k) enjoy
experiment with
listen
play

2)Complete the table with 5 instruments in each column.

WIND

STRING

PERCUSSION

MUSIC TEST 1

YEAR 8

3) Listen to these song and match them with their period or era.
Medieval
SONG 1
Renaissance
SONG 2
Baroque
SONG 3
Classical era
SONG 4
Romantic
SONG 5
Contemporary