Do Now: Give an example of how music could have evolved over time.

The History of Music Ancient Music Answer: Where did music come from? B.C. to 500 A.D. Answer: Where did music come from? What do you think was the first musical instrument? A culture's music is influenced by all other aspects of that culture, including social and economic organization and experience, climate, and access to technology. The emotions and ideas that music expresses, the situations in which music is played and listened to, and the attitudes toward music players and composers all vary between regions and periods

Ancient Music- prehistoric Music is a unique human activity. What do you think was the first musical instrument? What makes it prehistoric?- before history was recorded. Thousands of years ago BC Music in the Bible- Psalms were sung with simple accompaniment

The Human Voice! The human voice can make a variety of sounds. It can sing, hum, whistle, and click.

What do you think was the first rhythm instrument?

Ancient music The first rhythm instruments were hand clapping. Other early instruments include drums made with animal skins and flutes made out of animal bones.

Types of Ancient instruments Aerophones- sound is made from vibration of air. Examples: flutes, pipes, organs, whistles Ancestors of modern-day woodwind and brass instruments.

Types of ancient instruments Idiophones- made of naturally sonorous material that can be played in a variety of ways (shaken, hit, scraped, plucked). Examples: bells, gongs, vessels (gourds), xylophones (barred instruments) Ancestors of modern day percussion instruments.

Types of ancient instruments Membranophones- instrument where sound is made from stretching a membrane, or thin layer of skin, tightly around a boxed surface. Examples: drums

Types of ancient instruments Chordophones- instruments where the sound is made from the vibration of strings. Examples: bows, lyres, harps, lutes, zithers. Ancestor of modern-day violin, guitar, and piano

Ancient music A culture's music is influenced by all other aspects of that culture, including social and economic organization and experience, climate, and access to technology. The emotions and ideas that music expresses, the situations in which music is played and listened to, and the attitudes toward music players and composers all vary between regions and periods. What does this mean?

Music was very important to the ancient Greeks. Ancient music- greek Music was very important to the ancient Greeks. Music was performed for weddings, funerals, and for entertainment. Homer (The Odyssey)- epics were sung.

Ancient Music- Greek We know about ancient Greek music from ancient art such as vases. Very little of their written music has survived. Why?

How else do we know about Ancient music? Art Writings Artifacts

The Greeks were an advanced society in many ways- including music. Ancient music- greek The Greeks were an advanced society in many ways- including music. They were the first to link music to math. For example, a stretched string when divided creates the intervals we use today. Pythagoras used math to show special tunings in music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEVGQKwKeCc Donald duck and math magic land- music (youtube video)- 4 minutes Pythagoras- math and music- tuning system

Ancient music- greek INSTRUMENTS The Aulos The principle woodwind of ancient Greece was the aulos, consisting of a pair of cylindrical pipes with double reed (like an oboe) mouthpieces. Play example from Ancient Greek Music website- http://www.oeaw.ac.at/kal/agm/

Ancient music- greek instruments The Cithara The cithara (or kithára) is a wooden type of Greek lyre. http://www.oeaw.ac.at/kal/agm/ Greek lyre

The Greeks also used scales in a different way. Ancient music- greek The Greeks also used scales in a different way. Modes- 8 note scales, starting on one note of the C scale. They have no sharps or flats. Each mode has a different sound which was supposed to create a different feel in the listener. Handout with writing out the modes. Play on piano.

Ionian: C D E F G A B (C)- the Major scale Dorian: D E F G A B C (D) Greek Modes Ionian: C D E F G A B (C)- the Major scale Dorian: D E F G A B C (D) Phrygian: E F G A B C D (E) Lydian: F G A B C D E (F) Mixolydian: G A B C D E F (G) Aeolian: A B C D E F G (A)- the Minor scale Locrian: B C D E F G A (B) Write out modes Doctrine of ethos- felt each mode evoked a different feeling

Greek modes

Doctrine of ethos- each mode invokes a different feeling. Greek Modes Doctrine of ethos- each mode invokes a different feeling. Play examples on piano