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- Water Organ (3rd C B.C)
- Hydraulis it’s the first keyboard instrument in the world
- Created by Ktsesibios who was an inventor who also cared about music
- Music is part of the four courses learned by students
- Ptolemy and Pythagoras made the mathematic ratios of music
- Theory started through
- Harmony is based on logos which is based on measurement
- Muses where the mythogival creatures that technology and music
- They saw that the length, octave and string tension was what created music intervals
- Ancient Greeks used modes for most of the time
- Pythagoras believed that music was the connection between mind and body that it comes from the Gods
- Plato had strict rules because he believed that if you don’t have perfect harmony to imitate God’s essence
- Dionysus had nothing to do with clarity of God, the god of wine/parties, and he just wanted people to have fun
- Lyra
- Wood only version
- Horn version
- Shorter than the Varvitos
- Held by left hand and played by plectrum
- One of instruments of Ancient Greeks nation
- Hermes was in a cave was nurtured by nymphs and found out a dead turtle and created a musical instrument
- Hermès gifted to it to Apollo, who was the God of music
- Guitar of Apollo was for important events and you had to be an expert
- Homeric Formix created a sweet and clear sound according to Homer
- Orpheus came from northern Greece was like a Demi-God who was used to make all of nature follow his music
- He only loved Euridice a nymph
- One of his enemies/best friend tried to rape her but she was killed by a snake in a forest
- Orpheus could never stop thinking about her and he never stopped playing the instrument so the instrument looks sad
- The Gods let him down in hell who where moved by his music to revive Euridice
- Pluto’s the condition was that he didn’t look back to bring her back
- Between lyra an
- Sambuca was for Dinosyus birthday was used for orgies
- Pandoura was also used for Orgies
- Sappho was important for music, philosophy, and poetry. She was very gay and started Lesbianism
- She was a free spirit and advocated for womens rights
- The only way to be a free spirit was to be a prostitution but Sappho wasn’t
- Some Tragic poets would push the womens rights
- She invented the Magadis and Piktis to accompany her lyrical poetry
- Triangle was the Ancient Greek harp that inspired Sappho
- Aulos was second national instrument of Ancient Greek as well as Askaulos
- Double Aulos was connected to Pannas who was Demi-God was protector of sheeps and phone of the mountains
- He was connected to Dinosyus and the orgy
- Story said the Pan tried to rape a Nymph and Zeus changed her into reed
- Salpix was used to get attention and give war messages
- the cup of Pythagoras is a personality test that would give everyone a moral dilemma
- He pours wine into the middle and if you ask for more you don’t enter the academy