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Ancient Music
(the really old stuff)
 Music
has been found in every known
culture, past and present.
 Music varies from culture to culture.
• Why does music vary?
 Social organization
 Economic organization
 Climate
 Access to technology
 The
earliest record of music that we have
found was found in Mesopotamia (between
the 2 rivers, today Iraq and Syria).
 The
tablet dates back to about 2000 BCE.
 Gives us a glimpse of how music was
notated.(notate-how we write music)
 Bone Flutes
• Made from the bones of different animals
 Bear femur
 Wing bone
of a crane
 Most played
about 4 notes
 Making the
instruments
from bones
made them
more durable
than the later
flutes made from
bamboo.
 Greece
• We see the importance of music in early Greek
life by viewing their artwork
• Our term for
music comes
from the Greek
word Mousike,
which means
“the art of the
muses”
 Lyre
– Normally had 3 strings
• According to mythology, it was invented by
Hermes and was given to Apollo
• Later versions had more strings
 Harp
 Bone
Flutes
 Even
in the ancient civilizations, people
understood there was a relationship
between the laws of sound the laws of
human behavior.
• Different styles of music made you feel different
ways.
• Because of this, there were some styles of music
that were banned because of the negative effects
if had on your mood.
• Later, musical performances were limited to only
the higher class of people because they
believed only the educated could handle the
power of the music.
Can Listening to Classical
Music make us smarter???
Music has the ability to stimulate your
brain for a short period of time. This
may in turn allow you to perform tasks
at a higher level than before listening
to the music. The effects are short
lived (a matter of minutes). It does not
actually boost your IQ and make you
smarter.