Greek musical instruments

Music of Greece
General topics
Ancient music Byzantine music Opera Greek musical system Greek musical instruments Greek dances Worldwide
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Church music (Byzantine) Classical music Ionian School National School Greek folk Laïko Rock Hip Hop Punk Neo Kyma Éntekhno
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Contemporary Entehno Nisiotika Rebetiko Skiladiko
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Music awards Arion Awards MAD Video Music Awards Music charts Greek Albums Chart Foreign Albums Chart Singles Chart Music festivals Athens Festival Epidaurus Festival Olympus Festival Thessaloniki Song Festival Music media MAD TV (MAD World) MTV Greece
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Greek musical instruments were grouped under the general term "all developments from the original construction of a tortoise shell with two branching horns, having also a cross piece to which the stringser from an original three to ten or even more in the later period, like the Byzantine era". Greek musical instruments can be classified into the following categories:

Ancient[edit]

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  Roman art, 4th century A.D. Dancer with cymbals.
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  Mildenhall treasure, great dish, British Museum, detail-- satyr with pan pipes
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  Mildenhall treasure, great dish, British Museum, detail-- aulos and tambourine
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  Mildenhall treasure, great dish, British Museum, frame drum

Medieval and modern[edit]

String instruments[edit]

Aerophones[edit]

Percussion instruments[edit]

See also[edit]

• Music of Greece
• Greek dances
• Greek folk music

External links[edit]

• Tα μουσικά όργανα των αρχαίων Eλλήνων/ancient Greek instruments

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