Week 1 Music Learning Tasks

WEEK 1: Music Learning Tasks
Lesson 1: Musical Elements during the Medieval, Renaissance,

and Baroque Periods
Learning Task 1: Classify the following pictures according Medieval,
Renaissance or Baroque as it belong. Write your answers in your
notebook.
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Learning Task 2: There are 10 words present in the puzzle that are related to the
musical elements of selected vocal and instrumental music of the Medieval,
Renaissance and Baroque music. Encircle all the words related to these 3 eras and write
them down on the table of classification provided below the puzzle. Copy and write your
answers on your notebook.
Medieval Renaissance Baroque

Learning Task 3: Compare the three (3) Eras according to their distinct characteristics
(Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque).
Learning Activity 4: Seek the assistance of your parents or any elders within
the family. List 3 songs that are commonly sung during religious event/church
service or worship. Sing one song from the list with your any members of the
family. Do it in your notebook
B. Answer the following analogy on a piece of paper. Find your answers on the
box below and write your answer on a piece of paper.
1. Baroque: barocco; Renaissance:
2. Liturgical music: ; Secular music: Nonreligious
3. Renaissance: Golden Age; Medieval:
4. Harpsicord: ; Lute: Renaissance
5. Motet: Medieval; : Renaissance
6. Imitation of Voices: ; Dynamic Contrast: Baroque
7. : Monophonic; Renaissance: Polyphonic
8. Mass: Eucharistic Liturgy; : Poetic text
9. Medieval: Churches; Renaissance:
10. : Group of Singers; Instrumental Music: Voice with Instrument
Accompaniment
Learning Task 5: Read and carefully analyze each statement. Choose the letter of
the best answer. Write your answer on your notebook.
1. The following are the characteristics of the Renaissance music except:

a.Mostly monophony
b.Imitation among voices is common c.Use
of word painting in texts and music
d.Melodic lines move in a flowing manner
2. It is known as non-religious music.
a. Concerto b. Sacred music c. Secular music
3. It is an alteration between loud and soft sounds
a. Dynamic contrast b. Melodic lines c. Primarily contrapuntal
4. Harpsichord and organ are the keyboard instruments that are commonly used
during this period.
a. Baroque Period b. Medieval period c. Renaissance Period
5. It was the most prominent instrument of the Renaissance Era. a.
Keyboard b. Harpsichord c. Lute
Lesson 2: Music of the Medieval, Renaissance,

and Baroque Periods
Learning Task 2 : Read and carefully analyze each statement. Choose the letter of
the best answer. Write your answer on your notebook.
1. It was during this period that secular music became popular.

A. Medieval period B. Renaissance Period C. Baroque Period
2. It is a piece for several voices set to a short poem, usually about love, and it
is used in its vernacular language.
A. Mass B. Madrigal C. Motet
3. It is considered as the golden age of a Capella music.
A. Medieval Period B. Renaissance Period C. Baroque Perio
4. He was a prolific composer who wrote the most famous oratorio, The Messiah.
A. Vivaldi B. J.S. Bach C. G. F. Handel
5. The monophonic melodies of its music, to which improvised accompaniment
may have been added were often lively.
A. Medieval Period B. Renaissance Period C. Baroque Period
Learning Task 3: Fill in the table with Performance Practices of the Eras
according to the category. (Secular or Sacred).
Secular Music Sacred Music
Cantata Early Christian Chant Gregorian Chant

Madrigal Motet Oratorio Suite
Learning Task 4 : Complete the concept map of performance settings below by

writing the things you learned about musicians/composers, setting, audience,
performers, and themes of Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Period. Do this in
your notebook.
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Lesson 3: Relates Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque
Music to Other Art Forms
Learning Activity 3: Relate the different art forms from the picture to the music of their eras
according to elements and its function.
Medieval Period
Renaissance Period
Baroque Period
Learning Task 4: Fill in the table by writing the word on each column
corresponding to eras . Do this in your notebook.
Learning Task 5 : List down your realization and personal perspectives

regarding the significant relationship of music of Medieval, Renaissance
and Baroque with their history and other form of arts. Translate your output
to any of the following:
a. 1-2 stanza poem
b. Simple jingle (adopt melody from any medieval, renaissance or
Baroque
music)
c. Visual art using any medium
d. Instrumental playing interpretation of any adopted eras.
Output A or B may be written directly in your notebook, while if

you choose output C, you may use a short bond paper/ cardboard/
illustration board.
Lesson 4:
Improvisation of Appropriate Accompaniment to Selected Music
from the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Period
Learning Task 1: Musical improvisation was visibly applied with the

Western Classical Music. Identify some of the important terminologies
with the musical improvisation described. Write your answers in a separate
sheet of paper.
1. It is a creative invention, fusion, or advancement in music that

plays an important role during the Western Classical times.
2. It is a period wherein melodic improvisation was an important
factor in
European music.
3. It is a tubular wind instrument in general or various
specific wind instruments.
4. It is a period wherein composers were more open to musical
experimentation.
5. These are evergreen perennial flowering plants in the
subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae that can be
used as a musical instrument.
6. It is the smallest and highest-pitched of the string instrument family, it
is also an important instrument during the Renaissance period.
7. Musicians or minstrels who traveled used musical instruments as

they
performed on street corners or courts. Minstrels.
8. It is the period wherein more detailed documentation of

improvisational practice, is in the form of published instruction manuals.
9. It is a musical device created or adapted to make musical sounds. In
principle, any object that produces sound.
10. It is a keyboard instrument in which the strings are plucked, rather than hit
with a hammer.
Learning Task 2: Read and understand each item carefully. Then fill in the
missing word or phrase to make the idea complete. Choose your answer in the
box and write it on a separate sheet of paper.
1. Musical improvisation is the creative activity of immediate musical

composition, which combines performance with communication
of emotions and .
2. Melodic improvisation was an important factor in music from the
earliest times.
3. The first detailed information on improvisation technique appears in
ninth-century treatises instructing singers on how to add another melody to
a pre-existent liturgical chant, in a style called .
4. Following the invention of music printing, there is a more
detailed documentation of improvisational practice, in the
form of
instruction manuals.
5. Improvised counterpoint over a cantus firmus constituted a part of
every musician's education, and is regarded as the most important kind
.
Learning Task 3: Read and understand each item carefully. Identify the
following correct ideas with YES, then NO, if it is not. Write your answer on a
separate sheet of paper.
1. Baroque instrumental music was often composed for the organ or
harpsichord.
2. During the Renaissance era, the musical activities shifted from the
church to public places.
3. Musicians or minstrels who traveled used musical instruments as they
performed on street corners or courts.
4. The first detailed information on improvisation technique appears
in ninth century treatises instructing singers on how to add
another melody to a pre-existent liturgical chant, in a style called
organum.
5. In the Middle Ages, mostly the music was written and unaccompanied.
Learning Task 4: Take your time to think and reflect about the whole lesson and
answer this 3-2-1 statements.
3- Things you've learned.
2- Thing's you find interesting
1- question you still have
Lesson 5: Performs Music of the Medieval,

Renaissance, and Baroque Periods
Learning Task 1: Classify the following words or phrases to which

period it belongs; copy the table below on your answer sheet or on your activity
notebook.
Imitation of pitch and or voices Liturgical music

Musical Genres Polyphonic music
Madrigal Performance of many instruments
Gregorian chant Opera
Mass Monophonic music
Choral Music Cantata
Learning Task 2: Read and understand the following statements. If the statement is
correct, write TRUE and FALSE if otherwise. Answer on a piece of paper or on
your activity notebook.
1. Western music started by the fall of the Roman Empire.
2. Monophony is a vocal music which has several melodies sung at the same time.
3. Some musical terms developed during the baroque period was still used today.
4. A Capella music came from an Italian term which means "in the manner of the
chapel".
5. Instrumental music includes the use of instruments only.
6. During the 16th century, instrumental music flourished rapidly and several
techniques were made.
7. Liturgical music of the Medieval period is secular music.
8. At the beginning of the middle age of western music, there were so many
instruments.
9. Madrigal is the secular music of the Renaissance period.
10.Acapella uses human voices and also instruments.
Learning Task 3: Read carefully the following questions. Write your answers in a
separate sheet of paper.
1. After listening with the suggested music, were you able to identify Vocal from
Instrumental music?
2. What is the difference between instrumental and vocal music?
3. What are the different types of instrumental music presented?
Learning Task 4: During the Renaissance times, one of the main purposes of music
was to accompany dancing. And by that, dancing was also an important
social activity of the nobility and the small but growing middle class. Likewise, now,
the music of the country dances of common folk was likely still improvised by self-
taught local musicians.
1. Choose one Renaissance or Baroque piece. Listen to it.

2. With a friend or family member, create simple steps (basic folk dancing) with
accompanying music from Renaissance or Baroque music.
3. Perform it with your peer, or family members. Let some members rate your
performance.
Learning Task 5: Listen to the different music performance of different

period Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque) and answer the following questions:
1. What can you say about the performance?
2. Which performance suits your taste in music and why?

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WEEK 1: Music Learning Tasks

Lesson 1: Musical Elements during the Medieval, Renaissance,

Medieval Renaissance Baroque

1. The following are the characteristics of the Renaissance music except:

Lesson 2: Music of the Medieval, Renaissance,

1. It was during this period that secular music became popular.

Secular Music Sacred Music

Cantata Early Christian Chant Gregorian Chant

Learning Task 4 : Complete the concept map of performance settings below by

Learning Task 5 : List down your realization and personal perspectives

Output A or B may be written directly in your notebook, while if

Learning Task 1: Musical improvisation was visibly applied with the

1. It is a creative invention, fusion, or advancement in music that

7. Musicians or minstrels who traveled used musical instruments as

8. It is the period wherein more detailed documentation of

1. Musical improvisation is the creative activity of immediate musical

3- Things you've learned.

2- Thing's you find interesting

1- question you still have

Lesson 5: Performs Music of the Medieval,

Learning Task 1: Classify the following words or phrases to which

Imitation of pitch and or voices Liturgical music

3. What are the different types of instrumental music presented?

1. Choose one Renaissance or Baroque piece. Listen to it.

Learning Task 5: Listen to the different music performance of different

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