MUSIC IN ANCIENT GREECE: CHARACTERISTICS.
Ángeles Alonso
Created on November 2, 2017
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MUSIC IN ANCIENT GREECE. CHARACTERISTICS
THE TERM MUSIC DID NOT ONLY MEAN THE ART OF SOUNDS, IT WAS CONVEIVED TOGHETHER WITH POETRY AND DANCE
Musical system was based on modal scales. The basic modal scales were Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian and Mixolidian.
the music had a monodic texture, with just one melodic line.
THEY USED ALPHABETIC NOTATION (LETTERS) FOR THE PITCH AND METRICAL FEET OF POETRY FOR RHYTHM.THE MAIN METRICAL FEET WERE TROCHEE, IAM, DACTYL, ANAPEST...
THE MOST IMPORTANT INSTRUMENTS WERE THE LYRE, THE AULOS AND THE KHYTARA.