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Miniatures Adventure => Age of Myths, Gods and Empires => Topic started by: armchairgeneral on November 10, 2017, 06:08:22 PM

Title: Aulos - The Sound of Ancient Greece
Post by: armchairgeneral on November 10, 2017, 06:08:22 PM

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

Title: Re: Aulos - The Sound of Ancient Greece
Post by: winterspy on November 11, 2017, 05:59:27 PM

It sounds a lot like the opening part of the following Thracian song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwEOCR3-REQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwEOCR3-REQ) 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.

Title: Re: Aulos - The Sound of Ancient Greece
Post by: Big Martin Back on November 11, 2017, 06:32:21 PM

An interesting sound there. Thanks for the link.