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Originally Posted by echurchill
That's beautiful and strange. I thought we didn't have any surviving ancient Greek music. What sort of notation did they use? Anyways, it's a reassuringly familiar sound, despite being so old. I think I might write some music against it. Thanks for sharing this!
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They say that this is the only complete piece, although just a phrase. there is also a dozen of other fragments, and that's all from ancient Greece. The notation is a mix of greek letters and other symbols, check this out: Seikilos epitaph - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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