AR104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Acropolis Of Athens, Tambourine, Polykleitos
6 Apr 2017
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Written down in alphabetic notation, which can be interpreted thanks to a treatise by. Used modes instead of 8 or 12 tone chromatic scale. Lyre: best known instrument from ancient greece, could either be strummed or plucked. Kithara: like the lyre but more complex, box-type frame with strings stretched across that were tunable by adjusting wedges on the cross bar. Below left: krater from 480 bce by brygos painter depicting alcaeus and sappho holding a lyre and plectrum. Below right: figures from group of the concert of aegina from 250 bce depicting a kithara player with a woman playing the precursor to a violin. 490 bce left: person playing aulos by brygos painter, Aulos (double flute) was commonly used for informal music or to accompany athletes and warriors. Panpipes were also popular, made of reeds in ancient greece, named after the god pan. Below middle: roman fresco of the cyclops polyphemus and the nymph galatea.
