Year 8 Building Blocks of Music!
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A (brief) History of The Guitar
Year 8 Topic Test
1. The Guitar is a S __________ instrument from the Fretted Family of string instruments. Fretted instruments were known throughout the ancient world, for example in ________________________ (give a country). 2. The best known fretted instrument, the L ________ came to Europe from Arabia around the time of the crusades. People who made them were called L ________________. 3. A famous Baroque Composer of Lute music was J.S. B _________. 4. Match these three early versions of the guitar with their correct names:
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Mandolin!
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Cittern!!
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Vihuela
5. Early guitars had only: a) 3 strings b) 4 or 5 strings c) 6 strings! !
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Questions from “The Guitar� by Millicent Isherwood - created by S.Wright 2009! !
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