Music in ancient Greece was intimately linked to poetry and dance and was very present in the life of Greek society 1 Introduction Music was important in religious ceremonies at private parties education war and work and even had a recognized ID: 579367
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ANCIENT GREEK MUSICAL INSTRUMENTSSlide2
Music in ancient Greece was intimately linked to poetry and dance and was very present in the life of Greek society.
1. Introduction:Slide3
Music was important in religious ceremonies, at private parties, education, war and work and even had a recognized therapeutic power.Slide4
2. Features:
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.)Slide5
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.
3. Music in the
ancient Greek
Theatre:Slide6
The musicians used to accompany the actors or alternating with them, and sometimes they played some different musical instruments.
Current
representation of Greek TheaterSlide7
4. Musical instruments:
WOOD- WIND INSTRUMENTS
Pean
God
playing
the
S
yrinx
Aulos
Flutes
Double-reedSlide8
METAL- WIND INSTRUMENTS
Soldier
playing the
Salpinx
Hydraulis
Modern
HydraulisSlide9
STRING INSTRUMENTS
Woman
playing
the
lyre
Man
playing
the kythara
Lyre
KytharaSlide10
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
Tympanon
Dionisos’
dancers playing Tympanon
Krotala
Current
KrotalaSlide11
Greek Musical Instruments Slide12
Introduction
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.Slide13
History
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.Slide14
Greek traditional instruments
GuitarLyre
BouzoukiKlarino
HarpBaglama
MandolinSlide15
Guitar
A string instrument (chordophone family)Is constructed from woodThere are three types of guitarAccousticClassical
Steel - StringSlide16
Lyre
A stringed musical instrumentThis is a smaller version of the professional guitar and the eastern-Aegean barbiton.Lyre can refer generally to all three instruments as a family.Slide17
Clarinet
A type of woodwind instrument A straight cylindrical tube with an approximately cylindrical bore, and a flaring bell.Slide18
Mandolin
Its shape is generally round or teardrop-shaped.A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single round or oval sound hole. Slide19
Harp
The harp is a multi-stringed instrument.It is in the general category of chordophones and has its own sub category.Slide20
Bouzouki
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.Slide21
Baglama
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. Slide22
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.
https://youtu.be/UcDaJ41IWMsTradition Dance Sirtaki/Zorba