MU 3100 Unit 5 Quiz

1. What is involved in the basic process of engraving?

A combination of tools cuts music into a metal plate that is then inked for printing

5. Which of the following was NOT a change brought about by the new print culture of the fifteenth to sixteenth centuries?

Ideas kept secret under lock and key

2. The earliest computer-based notation systems had a user-friendly, graphic interface.

False

7. Why was the original printing process for music called a "two-impression process"?

A staff of horizontal lines was printed in a first impression then, the musical designs (cast in type so that they could be printed at any position on the staff), were printed in a separate impression

3. How was Gregorian chant transferred between communities before printing machines were used in 1473 to publish complete music pages?

Hand-drawn manuscripts existed for centuries before printing and worked alongside oral traditions and new teaching systems

4. Which of the following contributed to the downfall of the Ballard family printing monopoly in France?

They were so confident in their materials and methods, they did not replace them with newer technology

6. During the late fifteenth century, moveable-type printing was combined with which other printing method to provide the elaborate letter design in liturgical collections?

Woodcut printing