Medieval and Tudor Musical Instruments
Correct! It was a form of harpsichord.
Wrong! It was a keyboard instrument and was a form of harpsichord.
Correct! He also owned 78 flutes, five sets of bagpipes and a virginal.
Wrong! He had 78 recorders. He He also owned 78 flutes, five sets of bagpipes and a virginal.
Correct! The player turned a wheel with one hand while pressing on keys with the other. The wheel rubbed against the strings and made them vibrate and the keys adjusted the pitch.
Wrong! It was played by turning a wheel. The player turned a wheel with one hand while pressing on keys with the other. The wheel rubbed against the strings and made them vibrate and the keys adjusted the pitch.
Correct! It was a type of medieval fiddle played with a bow and was pear shaped.
Wrong! It was a pear-shaped type of medieval fiddle played with a bow.
Correct! It was a double reed instrument.
Wrong! It was a double reed woodwind instrument.
Correct!
Wrong! It's a crumhorn
Correct!
Wrong! It's a sackbut.
Correct! He was paid 8d. a day by Henry VII.
Wrong! He played the trumpet and was paid 8d. a day by Henry VII.
Correct! A pure consort (a group of musicians) only has instruments for the same family. The bagpipe, dulcion and crumhorn are all wind instruments.
Wrong! It's the violin. A pure consort (a group of musicians) only has instruments for the same family. The bagpipe, dulcion and crumhorn are all wind instruments.
Correct! It dates from 1580.
Wrong! It was written in 1580 for the solo bass viol.
Correct!
Wrong! It's a "C" shape.
If you enjoyed this quiz then you'll also enjoy Tudor music expert Jane Moulder's regular column in Tudor Life magazine.
Fascinating quiz! I didn’t do very well (5 of 11), but it was fun to see a quiz on a piece of Tudor history I haven’t really noticed to any extent.
I did terribly on this, but the information was very interesting!
God Bless,
Tahlia
Didn’t do to badly , can still hold my head up high. Definitely fed my little grey cells
I would like to learn more about Tudor instruments. do you have any written in the archives?
Hi Caren,
Jane Moulder, a member of the Renaissance music group Piva, used to write for our magazine and her husband Eric makes Renaissance musical instruments, so I’ll have a look through the archives and see what I can find.
Jane has an article in the January 2015 edition of Tudor Life on instruments – see https://www.tudorsociety.com/tudor-life-january-2015/ and she gave a talk for us on Tudor music – see https://www.tudorsociety.com/expert-talk-jane-moulder/. I hope those help.