(Music) Music of Ancient Greece and Rome Flashcards
The oldest preserved complete musical composition in the world. The song is in ancient Greek and is thought to be written by a man named Seikilos for his wife Euterpe.
“Song of Seikilos” or “Seikilos Epitaph”
comes from the Greek word mousike, which refers not only to music but to the fusion of song, dance, and poetry.
music
claims that music can influence the character and behavior of a person.
doctrine of ethos
a religious song or poem in praise or honor of God or gods.
hymn
a set of four notes.
tetrachord
sequences of tones like scales, each having a unique pattern.
mode
a series of notes arranged from lowest to highest.
scale
groupings of pulses or beats into regular.
meter
An example of Greek musical wind instrument.
aulos
A stringed musical instruments resembling a harp. Its larger version is the kithara.
lyre
A traditional pot-like drum instrument.
toubeleki
A string instrument that has a flat front decorated with pearls.
bouzouki
a single voice or melodic line without harmonic accompaniment.
monophonic
The Roman counterpart of the Greek aulos.
tibia
a long straight trumpet with detachable funnel-shaped mouthpiece, were also used for religious ceremonies and military signals.
tuba
