Casually, like well-bred amateurs, the ten musicians adjusted lights and music ... collecting ancient manuscripts and ancient instruments: a pardessus de viole (high-pitched, five-stringed viol ...

Researchers have unearthed the remains of ancient Greek musical instruments - a harp and a lyre - on the Taman Peninsula in southern Russia MOSCOW, July 9. /TASS/. Researchers from the Institute ...

The world's oldest orchestral music ... ancient times. The melody is not based on a scale, yet the tunes are gentle, unmetered tones of continuous notes. The shakuhachi flute is a Buddhist ...

The strings, however, are slightly different: they're usually made of nylon or gut, unlike the metal strings used on acoustic instruments. History Guitars have been played since the Renaissance era, ...

Some of the songs explore Ancient Greek modes (scales) and rhythm patterns, with ideas for recreating these using classroom instruments. The music arrangements contain ‘ancient’ sounds of ...