Transcript ancient greek musical instruments

ANCIENT GREEK MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
 Music in ancient Greece was intimately linked to poetry
and dance and was very present in the life of Greek society.
 Music was important in religious ceremonies, at
private parties, education, war and work and even
had a recognized therapeutic power.
- Monodic.
- Written
in alphabetical
notation.
- Vocal (if there
are
some
instruments
they play the
same melody
than
the
voices).
Seikilos Epitaph (s. I -B.C.)
 Music was also important in Greek theater. There was
a choir made up of between 12 to 15 musicians located
in the orchestra and conducted by the Coryphaeus.
Current representation of Greek Theater
WOOD- WIND INSTRUMENTS
Flutes
Double-reed
Aulos
Pean God playing the Syrinx
METAL- WIND INSTRUMENTS
Hydraulis
Soldier playing
the Salpinx
Modern Hydraulis
STRING INSTRUMENTS
Woman playing the lyre
Lyre
Man playing the kythara
Kythara
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
Tympanon
Dionisos’ dancers playing
Tympanon
Current Krotala
Krotala
Greek
music is a genre of music that
is full of diversity, because Greece is
one of the world's oldest civilizations.
Therefore, there have been many
different kinds of music. Greece is a
country that has been heavily
influenced by other civilizations, like
European and the Asian cultures.
Greek musicians used pipes, lyres,
drums, and cymbals were all types
of instruments used in the earliest
days of Greek music. The music
was often played when people
worshiped Dionysos, who was the
god of wine and festivals.
 Guitar
 Harp
 Lyre
 Baglama
 Bouzouki
 Klarino
 Mandolin
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A string instrument
(chordophone family)
Is constructed from wood
There are three types of
guitar
Accoustic
Classical
Steel - String
 A stringed musical
instrument
 This is a smaller
version of the
professional guitar and
the easternAegean barbiton.
 Lyre can refer
generally to all three
instruments as a
family.
 A type of woodwind
instrument
 A straight cylindrical
tube with an
approximately
cylindrical bore, and
a flaring bell.
 Its shape is generally
round or teardrop-shaped.
 A mandolin may have fholes, or a single round or
oval sound hole.
 The harp is a multi-
stringed instrument.
 It is in the general
category of
chordophones and
has its own sub
category.
 It was brought to Greece in
the 1900s by immigrants
from Asia Minor.
 The instrument is played
with a plectrum and has a
sharp metallic sound,
reminiscent of a mandolin.
 A long necked bowl-lute
which is a plucked string
instrument used in Greek
music.
 Musically, the baglamas is
most often found
supporting the bouzouki
in the Piraeus city style
of rebetiko.
 Sirtaki is danced in a line or circle formation with
hands held on neighbors' shoulders. Line formation is
more traditional.
 It is also called Zorba’s dance.
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