Download Mesopotamia printable

Name:
Room#
Directions: Match the description on the left to the correct
word in the right column by writing the on the line. There
are more words than you will need.
__________ The first documented woman author,
she was composer of many religious songs.
__________ Religious writings often set to music,
there are a great number of these in the Hebrew
bible.
seven
mode
Enheduanna
__________ These were used to help music
historians to determine that the music of this time
probably had harmony.
cuneiform
__________ One of the seven modes of
Mesopotamia
ancient pictures
__________ The term often used for some
religious songs, these are still sung in many
churches today.
embulum
__________ Some musical texts have been found
which use this type of ancient writing
hymns
__________ Another name for a tuning, today we
sometimes use the word “scale”
idiophones
__________ An ancient stringed instrument, the
bible indicates that King David played one of
these.
__________ Self-sounding instruments, or
instruments that produce their sound from the
material itself
__________ The number of modes on which
music was composed at this ancient time in
Mesopotamia
psalms
lyre
Gilgamesh
aerophone
Hammurabi
shofar
Standard of Ur
Extra Credit: Listen to at least two different musical selections from this time in
history and describe what you hear using music vocabulary.