Thank you all for reading and I hope you enjoyed my blog. I am not going to be writing posts for a while but if you are desperate for information, click my source links. A few of my favorite findings are: The first lyre was made from a turtle shell, the Greeks played the conch shell like a trumpet, and how the Greeks played music for the gods. Don't forget to look at my photos and videos!
In Greece, people honored the gods so they played instruments in their honor. Festivals had music specially written for the gods. The kitharis is similar to the lyre. The difference is that the kitharis had square base and the lyre has a rounder one. Another instrument is the conch shell. Greeks played it like a trumpet and used triton, cassis, and strombus gigas shells to make them. To Greeks, singing was just as important as playing instruments. Instruments that you don't play with your mouth were often accompanied by singing. We don't known what most music sounded like because there wasn't a way to record it. Cymbals are a percussion instruments and were played often in Greece. They are two disks with handles that you clap together. Cymbals’ sizes range from as big as a plate to as big as a trash can lid! Sources: History For Kids lyravlos Instruments Ancient |
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