MUSIC IN ANCIENT GREECE

1. HIGH STANDARDS FOR MUSIC

• High standards for music

2. PYTHAGOREAN "MUSIC OF THE SPHERES"

3. SYSTEM OF MODES (SCALES)

many events required music

• Festivals
• Rituals
• Games
• Parties
• Wars
• Theatre

GREEKS: VALUED MUSICIANS

Greek philosophers developed the doctrine of ethos from the influence they were convinced music had.

COMMON INSTRUMENTS

• Voice
• Lyre
• Percussion
• Panpipes

PANPIPE (pan flute, syrinx):
a primitive wind instrument consisting of a series of short vertical pipes of graduated length bound together with the mouthpieces in an even row

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PANPIPES WERE:

• The oldest instrument
• Frequently used
• Simple to make

common origin theories

• Pan
• Tribes
• Genesis

The Panpipe quickly spread over the continent of Asia.

Overall, the music and instruments of Ancient Greece greatly impacted almost every country in the world.