Aulos - The Sound of Ancient Greece

[armchairgeneral]

Interesting item on the Today programme this morning about the Ancient Greek aulos which may have been taken into battle.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05mnrt3#play

[winterspy]

It sounds a lot like the opening part of the following Thracian song that is played with gaida(greek bagpipe). I am assuming that the sound of Aulos that Callum Armstrong plays is very close to the original based on the similarities of the two sounds . I am always impressed on the ecstatic Dionysean feeling that some traditional greek folk songs have, that makes me think about the continuity  of greek music.

[Big Martin Back]

An interesting sound there. Thanks for the link.