Name: ___________________________ 

 
Date: ________________ 

Guitar History - Renaissance Quiz 

Each blank is worth 5 points. 
 
1. Luis Milan famously composed for the __________________, a guitar shaped instrument prominent 
in the ____ century. 
 
2. This instrument developed in _____________, a country that withdrew from adopting the lute 
because of its cultural association with the Crusades.  
 
3. How many strings did Luis Milan’s instrument have? ______. How many courses? _______. 
 
4. On the staves below, draw the tuning of Luis Milan’s instrument and label the interval between each 
string.. 
 
 
 
 
Interval: __________ 
 
 
 
Interval: __________ 
 
 
 
Interval: __________ 
 
 
 
Interval: __________ 
 
 
 
 
Interval: __________ 
 
 
Name: ___________________________ 
 
Date: ________________ 
 
 
 
5. What material would the strings have been made of in this time period? ______________. 
 
6. One of the first instructional method books in the guitar family was titled ____________________ 
by Luis Milan.  
 
7. What type of notation did Milan use? ____________________. 
 
8. The musical texture from this time period imitates vocal writing and is predominantly (circle one): 
 
Homophonic Monophonic Polyphonic 
 
 
Bonus: 3​ points each. 
 
1. Name another important historical figure from this time period. 
_____________________________. 
 
2. Describe their field or one of their contributions.   
 
______________________________________________________________________________ 
 
______________________________________________________________________________ 
 
3. Name another important composer from this time period. _________________________________.