"Hymn To The Muse" (2nd Century CE) by Mesomedes of Crete...
around this by a technique I have been working on, called "finger-stopping" - an accidental can be played, by increasing the pitch of a lyre string by a semitone; this is achieved by pressing the string (about a centimeter in from the tuning peg), with a finger of the left hand which shortens its vibrating length, and therefore increases the pitch of the note the string produces. Regarding the accidentals used in this piece, another fascinating similarity between ancient Greek music & ...
Author: Klezfiddle1; Tags: Ancient Greece ΥΜΝΟΣ ΜΟΥΣΑΣ ΜΕΣΟΜΗΔΟΥΣ Mesomedes Crete Sparta Delphi Athens Acropolis Parthenon Pyramids Roman Troy Lyre Lyra Kithara Harp Classics Homer Iliad Ἰλιάς Οδύσσεια Aristotle Plato Socrates Pythagoras Battle of Thermopylae King Leonidas
