Music in Ancient Greece

The music of ancient Greece was almost universally present in society, from marriages and funerals to religious ceremonies, theatre, folk music and the reciting of epic poetry. 

Musical instruments in Ancient Greece

Ancient Greek musicians developed their own system of musical notation. Several complete songs exist in ancient Greek musical notation.

The Seikilos Epitaph is the oldest surviving example of a complete musical composition, including musical notation, from anywhere in the world.

Music was an important part in Education
 
Some Greek instruments are: the kithara, the aulos, syrinx and the lyre.

QUALITIES OF SOUND

DURATION	•                     It produces short and long sounds and fast and slow sounds. •                     Crotchet, minim, adagio, allegro...
PITCH	•                     It is the relative highness or lowness that we hear in a sound •                     It produces high and low sounds •                     Scale, stave, keys...
DYNAMICS	•                     It produces strong or soft sounds •                     ff,f,mf,p,pp, crescendo, diminuendo
TONE COLOR or TIMBRE	•                     It enables us to distinguish different instruments and different voices.

Games about Scheherezade

A GAME ABOUT SHEHEREZADE

Scheherezade is a musical work composed by the Russian composer Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)

Rimsky-Korsakov

You can listen to the composition, learn about the composer, read the plot and play the game in the following link:

HALLOWEEN SONGS WITH LYRICS

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Key words

(Always tricky) prepositions

This may help:

The (creepy) Magic Flute by Mozart

What do you think about this performance? Do you like it?

You can encourage your students to find adjectives to describe it:

The Magic flute with English lyrics and subtitles

Polyrhythm exercises

Use your left and right hands to play these rhythms. You must play both lines at the same time. 

Keep the rhythm by tapping on the table or by clapping on your knees:

PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS

The little Mermaid - 'Under the sea' choreography

The original song:

You can also learn the song and practise with the lyrics:

 

 

The choreography: