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INTRODUCTION
Since primitive man did not have the materials or resources to create the more sophisticated instruments of the early civilizations, they constructed instruments out of materials from their natural environment. Items such as animal bones, horns, and skins, wood and shells, stones, gourds, and sticks were used in a variety of functions to create various sounding instruments. The earliest music revolved primarily around rhythms and patterns. Melody was eventually discovered by the manipulation of the voice and the refining of instruments to better reproduce a variety of pitches. There is a hint of a rudimentary tonality in the ancient Greek modes, and although
`consonant ' and `dissonant ' intervals were recognized, they seem nearly arbitrary. It seems a plausible conjecture that to develop a sense of harmony in the modern sense required keyboard instruments, so that one person could play easily any combination of notes. Only after some rudimentary principles of harmony were recognized could one perceive the fundamental status of the major scale, which distinguishes it from the other modes, leading to tonality in the modern sense of the word.Since keyboard instruments appear to be European products, this conjecture has at least some self{consistency, even if we are unable to cite a definitive proof of it. Perhaps others can suggest better conjectures. one perceives that the lowest tone present is still that C] of the breathing mode; only now it is so much weaker that other resonances can be heard. Most important is the second deepest resonance, in which the air sloshes back and forth between the broad sections. The narrowwaista ects this mode a great deal, by impeding the ow and lowering its pitch down almost to A 440, which helps to enhance that deep tone.
■ MUSICAL INSTRUMENT ■ A. Ancient Greece: A Greek Lyre
The lyre was a stringed instrument originally made of a tortoise shell with anywhere from three to twelve
Since primitive man did not have the materials or resources to create the more sophisticated instruments of the early civilizations, they constructed instruments out of materials from their natural environment. Items such as animal bones, horns, and skins, wood and shells, stones, gourds, and sticks were used in a variety of functions to create various sounding instruments. The earliest music revolved primarily around rhythms and patterns. Melody was eventually discovered by the manipulation of the voice and the refining of instruments to better reproduce a variety of pitches. There is a hint of a rudimentary tonality in the ancient Greek modes, and although
`consonant ' and `dissonant ' intervals were recognized, they seem nearly arbitrary. It seems a plausible conjecture that to develop a sense of harmony in the modern sense required keyboard instruments, so that one person could play easily any combination of notes. Only after some rudimentary principles of harmony were recognized could one perceive the fundamental status of the major scale, which distinguishes it from the other modes, leading to tonality in the modern sense of the word.Since keyboard instruments appear to be European products, this conjecture has at least some self{consistency, even if we are unable to cite a definitive proof of it. Perhaps others can suggest better conjectures. one perceives that the lowest tone present is still that C] of the breathing mode; only now it is so much weaker that other resonances can be heard. Most important is the second deepest resonance, in which the air sloshes back and forth between the broad sections. The narrowwaista ects this mode a great deal, by impeding the ow and lowering its pitch down almost to A 440, which helps to enhance that deep tone.
■ MUSICAL INSTRUMENT ■ A. Ancient Greece: A Greek Lyre
The lyre was a stringed instrument originally made of a tortoise shell with anywhere from three to twelve
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