Ancient Greek Music, Instruments and songs that are saved until now

Ancient Greek Music, Instruments and songs that are saved until now The Ancient Greek were the first people that made songs and were able to remember them without being able to read or sneak a peek at them. In fact, that was absolutely fascinating for the time they were living in, I mean without any writings nobody, besides them, was able to sing a song as long as Omiros’ <<Odyssey>>. Nowadays, we can’t make it without any notebooks or books that give us the chance to figure something out for example sometimes when we aren’t sure about our history lesson we open our books

and look at the text we have to learn by heart.

Now here is some information about the ancient Greek culture and especially about their music: By the term <<Ancient Greek>> music we call the whole musical culture that came with the ancient Greek history and studied mainly from the 8th century BC onwards as before this season, there are few and limited songs. In Cycladic culture (late 3rd millennium B. C.) are found musical performances that used harp and channel.

In Minoan civilization (middle 2nd millennium BC) are found musical performances that depict musicians with lyre and channel.

In Mycenaean culture (2nd millennium BC)are found musical performances that depict musicians with lyre and channel as well as other instruments from cultures of Mesopotamia and Asia. They also constructed theatres with excellent acoustic.

To sum up, we can all figure out that without the ancient Greeks we wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have songs, music or even instruments or if we would, they would have been invented much later and they wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be as developed as they are now. So we all understand that we owe many things of our daily life and culture to the Ancient Greeks.

Musical instruments: As for their musical instruments, these were strings, percussion and wind instruments. The strings were commonly type of lyre, as 1Chelys, barbitos, guitar, formigx, Psalter, in the late seventh century BC at least dates the harp (Triangulum), while by the end of the 4th century BC the ancient testified pandoyrides (stringed lute type), which are considered to be ancestors of the modern tamboura and bouzouki, both construction and etymologically. Τhe instruments were usually single or double, lances, with dual 2glwssida 1

*η άρπα (τρίγωνον), χέλυς, βάρβιτος, φόρμιγξ και πανδουρίδες (έγχορδα του τύπου λάουτου), και τέλος ταμπουρά.

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*Στα πνευστά συγκαταλέγονταν συνήθως οι αυλοί, μονοί ή διπλοί, με διπλή συνήθως γλωσσίδα, σαν τον σημερινό ζουρνά και οι σύριγγες, μονοκάλαμες ή πολυκάλαμες. Κλασικός στην ελληνική λογοτεχνία είχε γίνει ο συνδυασμός της λύρας (ή κιθάρας) με τον αυλό. Ένα ακόμη όργανο της εποχής αποτελεί και η ύδραυλις, το οποίο, λόγω της μεγάλης του ηχητικής έντασης, χρησιμοποιούνταν συχνά σε εορταστικά και αθλητικά γεγονότα (π.χ. ιπποδρομίες).

typically, like the current zournas and syringes, monokalames or polykalames.

Classic Greek literature had become a combination of the lyre (or guitar) with the flute. Another instrument of the era is the hydraulis, which, due to the large volume of sound, often used on festive and sporting events (e.g. racing).

Percussion was the krembala or rattles, drums, cymbals, as well as various Syrinx and bells (bells). Using percussion was not so widespread in the ancient Greek musical scene, as in Dionysian rites orgiastikoy character, where was using mainly drums, bells and kymbalα. <<Thank you for all the advances you offered and your contribution to modern Greek culture!>> The modern Greeks Κρουστά ήταν τα κρόταλα ή κρέμβαλα, τα τύμπανα, τα κύμβαλα, καθώς και διάφορα σείστρα και κουδούνια (κώδωνες). Η χρησιμοποίηση του κρουστών δεν ήταν τόσο διαδεδομένη στα αρχαία ελληνικά μουσικά δρώμενα, όσο στις διονυσιακές τελετές οργιαστικού χαρακτήρα, όπου γινόταν χρήση κυρίως τυμπάνων, κυμβάλων και κουδουνιών.

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