ANTIQUITY GREECE

INSTRUMENTS

BY: AINARA TORRES, SANDRA ESPIZUA AND AITANA GARRIDO 3ºF

INDEX
• WIND INSTRUMENTS
• STRING INSTRUMENTS
• PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
• DID YOU KNOW?
Syrinx
(wind)
• Pan flute or Siringa, an instrument
whose origin is uncertain.
• It is composed of open tubes of
different lengths that allow tuning
with the notes of the scale.
• It was used in the theater and in
matters relating to war.
Aulói • Its sound is strident. It was
(wind) composed of a conical tube of
about 50 cm with 4 to 15 holes.
• It was associated with the worship
of Dionysus, the god of wine and
enjoyment.
• The instrument has much in
common with the clarinet because
in the evolution of these
instruments they also had keys.
Lyre • The Lyre is a plucked string
(string) instrument played with both
hands, from which the harp, guitar,
zither and lute come.
• Its shape resembles an abacus,
since the instrument itself is a
representation of the God Hermes.
• The Lyre was a symbol of music,
culture, religion and science.
Chelys • The Chelys it was a plucked string
(string) instrument that had a soundboard
originally made of tortoise shell
and skin stretched over it.
• The instrument has two wooden
rods that hold another rod in turn,
on which the strings are placed to
tighten them.
Krótalos • They are a type of castanets that
(percussion) were used in the dances of the god
Dionysus
• The dancers put it on their wrists
or ankles to accompany the
dances.
Tympanon • A frame drum resembling what we
(PERCUSSION) now call a tambourine.
• It consists of a solid frame in which
two leather skins are tied in order
to have more resonance than a
single skin.
• It was an instrument used in the
cults of Dionysus and Cibeles and
was particularly reserved
exclusively for women.
DID YOU KNOW?
The greeks named the notes after some letters of their alphabet.

For the Greeks, music was an art of divine origin: The term "musiké"
music it self referred to the art of the Muses, the daughters of Zeus.

All aspects of life were celebrated with music, both celebrations and
funerals and musical performances can be found in Greek ceramic
drawings.
THANK YOU!!