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What does what melos mean?
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A composition of words, tune and rhythm
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What did the term mousike include in Greek?
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Poetry performance, dance and lyrics
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Where was music performed in ancient Greece?
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Civil festivals, music competitions, funerals, weddings
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How did Greeks view music?
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Greeks believed that music was a divine inspiration from the gods.
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What gods invented instruments? |
Hermes-lyre; Pan-the syrinx (panpipes); Athena- the aulos (flute)
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Who were the muses?
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Small gods created by Apollo to entertain the main gods.
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What does it mean when we say “I am waiting until the muse strikes me”?
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I am waiting to get inspired
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What god is associated with music in ancient Greece?
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Dionysus the god of wine and festivities.
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Name two major instruments in ancient Greece?
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Lyre and Aulos
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What musical instrument did Plato recommend to study?
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He recommended to study lyre above all other instruments
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What did Greek scholars study in music theory?
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They studied harmonic, acoustics, melodies
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What did Pythagoras believe music was?
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Pythagoras believed music was a mathematical expression.
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What did Greeks believed study of music promoted?
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Self-discipline, courage, intelligence
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According to the Greeks, what effect did over-complicated rhythms and music with too fast a tempo have on a person?
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Ethos (morals)
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What does the term rubato mean?
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music free from a pulse (beat)
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What is Gregorian chant?
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Church music sung as a single vocal line in free rhythm and a restricted scale.
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