Ancient Music

2. Greeks called the performing arts this. It is also where we get our word melody from.
6. In Greece, the high, fortified area of Athens where the Parthenon is.
8. What is formed between two notes of music.
9. Where the oldest music notation is from
12. The oldest surviving complete piece of music.
14. The Greek view that is the unification of parts in an orderly whole.
16. Three or more different pitches in either ascending or descending order.
18. The Ancient Greeks viewed that too much of a certain subject made one weak and irritable.
19. One of the oldest flutes
20. When metal instruments began to appear
23. Notes that are not within the current key of music.
26. The Ancient Greek doctrine that said the music you listen to will cause you to imitate the ethos it is modeled after.
27. The Greeks believed music could affect this, which is their ethical character.

1. Located in the Fertile Crescent between the Tigris and Euphrates
3. Pipe instrument which was important in Ancient Greek Life and music
4. The Ancient Greeks viewed that too much of a certain subject made one uncivilized, violent, and ignorant
5. Summerian Lyre whose sound box features an animal that had religious significance
7. The main way musicians passed on their musical knowledge in the Ancient World
10. Larger lyre used in processions and sacred ceremonies as well. Also important in Ancient Greek Life
11. Only notes within the key
13. Usually has seven strings and strummed with a plectrum or pick. Was also important in Ancient Greek Life
15. in ancient Greece, a market and open space used for public meetings.
17. relating to the writing system used in parts of the ancient Middle East, which consisted of wedge-shaped characters
21. A poem from ancient Mesopotamia, one of the earliest surviving major works of literature.
22. The building blocks of all music.
24. Notes that sound the same but have different names.
25. Surviving Ancient Greek music was in this style of music. It consisted of a single melody line.