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Ancient greek musical notation

Ancient greek musical notation

Ancient Greek Musical Notation is a Unicode block containing symbols representing musical notations used in ancient Greece.
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Ancient Greek Musical Notation
RangeU+1D200..U+1D24F (80 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsGreek
Symbol setsAncient Greek music notation

  1. Did the Greeks have musical notation?
  2. How was ancient Greek music notated?
  3. What music did ancient Greeks listen to?
  4. Did the ancient Greeks have musicals?

Did the Greeks have musical notation?

The musical system of ancient Greece evolved over a period of more than 500 years from simple scales of tetrachords, or divisions of the perfect fourth, into several complex systems encompassing tetrachords and octaves, as well as octave scales divided into seven to thirteen intervals.

How was ancient Greek music notated?

Note names- Tetrachords

The music system in ancient Greece was based on the lyre because that was their main musical instrument: The names of the notes correspond to the names of the lyre's chords. The scales were gradually falling just like the chords when the organ was held.

What music did ancient Greeks listen to?

Did the ancient Greeks have musicals?

We even know that the Greeks enjoyed musicals! Sadly, we don't have the actual music or understand what compositions were most popular. However, we can still see how the Ancient Greeks' love of theater plays a part in the Broadway, and the West End shows we know and love today.

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