History Quiz - Music History 1 (Answers)
This quiz addresses the requirements of the National Curriculum KS1 History for children aged 5, 6 and 7 in years 1 and 2. Specifically this quiz is aimed at the section dealing with studying the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements.
Children are taught in KS1 about the lives of significant, historical individuals who have had an effect on the world. Studying the history of music allows young children a glimpse into the past and helps them learn about the lives and times of significant individuals, like composers and musicians, they may be unfamiliar with.
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You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Changes through time
Soon people also began to bang on hollow logs and knock sticks together to make louder sounds; these were the earliest percussion instruments
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These were hollow reed pipes with holes in them to put your fingers on to vary the pitch
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Some lyres have been found which date back to 3000 BC!
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We can tell from pictures and from descriptions that people sometimes played their instruments alone and sometimes in groups
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This new method of writing down notes was the ancestor of the system we use today
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Between them, they composed hundreds of pieces of classical music
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He wasn't very tall, so this is what his friends called him!
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Thomas Edison (inventor of the modern light bulb) designed the first 'music playing gadget'
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The conductor stands at the front of the musicians and directs how they play
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The first recordings were of waltzes by Chopin!
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