Renaissance Music

2. plucked string instrument similar to the modern guitar
4. bowed stringed instrument ancestor of the modern orchestral string family
6. a stringed instrument similar to a piano but the strings are plucked instead of hit with a hammer
10. a short, secular choral work
12. a group consisting of instruments from different families (2 words)
14. a group of the same family of instruments (2 words)
16. a type of mechanical violin with a hand-crank
18. what the word "renaissance" means
19. music where all vocal parts sing the same melody line

1. wind instrument that comes in a variety of sizes and has changed little since the Renaissance
3. Renaissance string instrument that has changed very little
5. a double-reed instrument ancestor to the modern oboe
7. ancestor of the modern trombone
8. a short, sacred, choral work
9. a long, sacred vocal work usually in Latin consisting of 5 parts
11. music where each vocal part sings a different melody but all in harmony
13. singing unaccompanied
15. most important invention during the Renaissance period (2 words)
17. period from about 1450-1600