Download Mesopotamia - outside the box

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The first documented woman author, she
was composer of many religious songs.
seven
mode
Religious writings often set to music, there
are a great number of these in the Hebrew bible.
These were used to help music historians to
determine that the music of this time probably had
harmony.
One of the seven modes of Mesopotamia
The term often used for some religious
songs, these are still sung in many churches today.
Enheduanna
cuneiform
psalms
ancient pictures
embulum
lyre
Some musical texts have been found which
use this type of ancient writing
Another name for a tuning, today we
sometimes use the word “scale”
hymns
idiophones
Gilgamesh
An ancient stringed instrument, the bible
indicates that King David played one of these.
Self-sounding instruments, or instruments
that produce their sound from the material itself
aerophone
Hammurabi
shofar
The number of modes on which music was
composed at this ancient time in Mesopotamia
Standard of Ur
Extra Credit: Listen to at least two different musical selections from this time in
history and describe what you hear using music vocabulary.