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[quote:Wraithwynd:MV85MzUxMTVfMTQ1MDA1MjRfRkRGNzFEODI=] Sadly we know little of ancient music. While we have uncovered ancient instruments like the lute, we do not have sheet music of those bygone days. Roman and Greek (Ancient) music are lost to us. Go further back with Western Nations and you get even less. Some cultures, such as Asian and African do have living remnants of their ancestral music, most of it tied to ceremony and religion. The Greek Aulos and the Roman equivalent Tibia are basically flutes. Strings included harps and variations on the Lyre. These were plucked instruments. Bow drawn string instruments didn't pop up until the Rebec (Ribible) (Arabic in nature, similar to a viola or violin). Lap held 'half harps, half guitar' devices include the psaltery and the dulcimer This had a greater range of individual notes. The dulcimer having 14-16 strings the psaltery having 16. The psaltry is similar or a cross to a harp and a zither. Percussion was most readily had, from beating two sticks together to more sophisticated drums, krotala, rattles, and variations of tambourine. Flutes and similar were very popular. Variations would include panpipes. Bells and gongs or other ringing devices some with clappers some you had to strike with a stick. Its not until the middle ages that instruments became more complex. All that I have listed also have variations of them depending on what culture you go to. Music tone and pitch changed for each note sometime in the early middle ages which has made it more difficult for us to figure out what was played on these instruments. [/quote]
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Anything related to how ancient people used to make music. I don't think we've found any instruments from Atlantis but I'm sure there are plenty of ancient ones we have found right?
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