Instruments of the Middle Ages Monday, October 18, 2010 1:22 PM

VoiceThread http://voicethread.com/share/1410600/

Times out very well to an hour class time at this point.

Slide Notes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ybaYNLoTWY - Links to Rhonda Larson's performance at an Italian Medieval festival (3 min, 22 sec)

A player of the flute - floutest

Reedless, sound produced by blowing across the top of a hole like coke bottle.

Several bone flutes found dating way back.

Bass Gemshorn - http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=XhNrAPkmxH4 (time: 2:40)

Music Page 1 Bass Gemshorn - http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=XhNrAPkmxH4 (time: 2:40)

Time: 15th century (1450)

Where: Italy, Germany, Hungary

Website of interest: http://www.music.iastate.edu/antiqua/gemshorn.h tm

Etherea - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colin_Ros s_-_Etherea.ogg (time 3:08)

Extended session resource : How Recorders are Made - http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=WiSW6LPchSc

Popular from Medieval times through Baroque.

Extended study - http://www.flute-a- bec.com/acoustiquegb.html

Zamfir - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

Music Page 2 Zamfir - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= 0Wv3Ya9nskA (modern song, ancient instrument, song - The Lonely Shepard, time 4:18)

From at least least from Ancient Greece

Carror pan flute - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1XQcEaLGhY

How to make ocarina from carrots - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsboQ7cp7a4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGfSACbNd_c (time: 1:26)

Wasn't called a lute until 20th century.

As far back as the 6th century.

Learn about a massive, 10 string lute and how it is played: http://www.abc.net.au/classic/lute/video/video7/e lena.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxjpYHhfRyI

Music Page 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxjpYHhfRyI

Used extensively in the Middle Ages

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjAHUkIfK24 &NR=1 (time: 2:11)

Interactive Harp to use at this point in the live session: http://playharp.com/greatwork.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VbxIzaSHfw

Music Page 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VbxIzaSHfw (time 1:48)

Anglo Saxon - http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=PkC1ohl2Knk (time 0:29)

Make one - http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=LJqPMR6t1H8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DX08nQows0

Music Page 5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DX08nQows0 (time: 3:11)

Abbot in 942 composed for one

Full accompaniments http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPkLhSVtPS4 It has several pieces including some mixed Latin vocals in with the instruments.

Medieval Music in the church - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy_V2kEHw1 vocals, flute, drum

Medieval Dance http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=OjPQSbdQdgc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMrVD-zViRk vocal only. Not polyphonic, but has the slight echo in sections that may be the in between one

Just for fun - not medieval though - http://studentpages.scad.edu/ ~jgardn24/musicbox5.html

Music Page 6 Ducumentary/reinactment:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVqn6c4wInE&feature=related

Music Page 7