| Consonance vs. Dissonance |
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| Intervals which sound in harmony with themselves vs. intervals which sound bad. |
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| Temple on the acropolis in Athens dedicated to the Goddess Athena. |
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| Architectural style of the Parthenon. |
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| Three styles of Greek columns. |
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| Acanthus leaves, highly decorative. |
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| Turtle-shell sound box with two arms with a cross piece and strings running down across the soundbox. |
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| Double-piped reed instrument, loud, raucous, stimulating sound. |
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| Larger lyre-type instrument with sound-box of wood. |
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| Dates for Classical Greece |
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| Dates for Hellenistic Greece |
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| End date for prehistoric Minoans and Myceneans |
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| Prehistoric Greek culture which lived on the island of Crete. Prosperous, peaceful. Stories of Minoans from Greek myths. |
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| Prehistoric culture on mainland Greece, probably involved in Trojan war, more direct ancestors to ancient Greeks. War-like people, left much plunder in rich tombs. |
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| Modes or scales of music thought to inspire a spirit of courage and temperance in the listener. |
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| 700-500 B.C., characterized by heroic epic tales of Homer (Iliad, Odysey). |
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| 350-100 B.C. Rise of empire under Phillip of Macedon and Alexander the Great. |
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| 500-350 B.C. Radical changes from archaic Greece and prehistoric peoples, who were entirely animistic. Rise of rationalism and human intellect, the “classical ideal.” |
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| Philosopher who believed number was behind everything, including music, created first standardized system of tuning using simple ratios of pitch. |
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| From Greek “Mousike”, lit. “From the muses”, Greek goddesses of the fine arts. |
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| Emphasizes emotion, emphatic expression, dynamic unbalanced design. |
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| Emphasizes harmony, beauty, ideal ratios, formal balance, restraint in expression. |
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| Origin of the word “guitar” |
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| Unifying a large portion of the world under one great unified empire, fusion and mixing of cultures. Precursor to idea of Roman Empire. |
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| Importance of Alexander the Great |
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| Unifying a large portion of the world under one great unified empire, fusion and mixing of cultures. Precursor to idea of Roman Empire. |
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| Importance of Alexander the Great |
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