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Author Topic: Aulos - The Sound of Ancient Greece  (Read 1058 times)

Offline armchairgeneral

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Aulos - The Sound of Ancient Greece
« 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

Offline winterspy

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Re: Aulos - The Sound of Ancient Greece
« Reply #1 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 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.

Offline Big Martin Back

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Re: Aulos - The Sound of Ancient Greece
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2017, 06:32:21 PM »
An interesting sound there. Thanks for the link.
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