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Period, name and dates Ancient Greece 800 B.C.E.- 200 B.C.E., Roman
Empire 200 B.C.E.-500 C.E.
Main genres/ performance media Weddings, funerals, military, work, nursery, dance,
taverns, entertainment, address gods, ceremonies/cults,
processions, epics sung with accompaniment.
Main instruments used Lyre (7 stringed harp-like instrument), Kithara (larger
harp-like instrument), and Aulos (single or double reed
Ensemble sizes wind instrument)
Solos and duets were common.
Main forms (vocal and instrumental) Main forms of music were vocal, ancient string
instruments made of wood, wind instruments made of
bone or wood, percussion instruments made from
wood and animal skin.
Notation Very little notation was used. Hence the reason why
much ancient Greek music is lost. “Song of Seikilos”
Is one of few remains of Greek written music.
Harmonic language Very consonant sounding (Maj and min 3rds, P4s,P5s,
8avs)
Main developments in arts, culture, Created the building blocks of written Western music
and its music theory and philosophy today.
society, history and intellectual life