What ancient instrument influenced the bouzouki?

How did the bouzouki change over time?

What style of music made the bouzouki popular, and what did it talk about?

Which famous band was inspired by the bouzouki?

What type of instrument is the aulos, and how is it played?

In which contexts was the aulos commonly used in ancient Greek society?

Which Greek god was the aulos associated with, and what does this association signify?

What materials are used to make the kanonaki, and what is its shape?

How did the Greek mathematician Pythagoras contribute to the understanding of the kanonaki’s notes?

What instrument does this primarily resemble in western culture?

What materials were used to make the lyre, and how was it played?

How was the lyre an important part of Greek education and daily life?

What role did the lyre play in the myth of Hermes and Apollo?

How did Orpheus use his lyre to influence nature and the gods?

The pandoura

At first it was just a 3-string instrument, it's evolved to be 4-string, with changes in body shape, scale length, and tuning.

Rebetiko, Greece's urban folk music which talked about life's hardships and joys.

The Beetles

The Aulos is a wind instrument, single or double reed pipe, made of wood, bone, or ivory and had 3 or 4 finger holes.

Used in all private or public ceremonies and athletic competitions, in performances of tragedy

God of Dionysus, they worshipped the god with it, probably hoping for him to bring wine, prosperity, and fertility to them.

Made of cedar or plane tree wood, triangular shape.

By the god performing experiments to determine the notes using length and thickness of the strings helped other understand all the sounds the instrument could make

Zither

A tortoise shell, 2 fixed arms and a crossbar with strings crossing. They are attached to tuning pegs, and it's played by strumming or plucking.

It was a common solo instrument, played at religious ceremonies, weddings, placaces, and funerals.

Its tributed to the god Hermes because he made it first and he stole a bunch of cows and when another god confronted him he played the lyre and all was forgiven because of how "beautiful the instrument was"

Orpheus used his lyre to to charm animals or even people because of how powerful it was

The Pandoura

It changed from a 3 course to a 4 course instrument (6 to 8 strings)

Rebetiko, music that dealt with themes of loss, poverty, etc

The Beatles

The Aulos is a double reeded wood instrument, that is played using circular breathing

Religious ceremonies, athletic competitions, and theatrical performances

The God Dionysus, who represents wine, revelry, and theater

The Kanonaki is a flat, trapezoidal soundboard made of wood.

His discovery of mathematical harmony led him to use different lengths of strings to get different pitches

The zither

Wood, animal bones, horns, shells, etc. along with animal guts or strings. Was played by strumming or plucking the strings with the fingers

The lyre was used as an instructional educational instrument for Greek youth

Hermes invented the Lyre in order to give to Apollo so he could keep the herd of sacred cows he stole from Apollo

His music with the lyre could charm and tame animals as well as make nature and trees and rocks dance

The pandoura.

The number of strings on the instrument changed over time.

Rebetiko, and it often was about love.

The Beetles

The aulos is a double reeded wood instrument, and it's played with circular breathing.

It was used mostly in ceremonies or private events.

The aulos was associated with the god Dionysus, and they represent wine and theater.

It's made up of multiple woods like cedar or plane trees and it's a triangle shape.

Wood and a tortoise's shell and it was played by hand in a strumming motion.

it was used in Greek education and was played in ceremonies.

Hermes made the Lyre for Apollo so that Hermes could keep the cows he stole from him.

To bring happiness and make everything in nature dance.

the bouzouki was influenced by the pandoura

it was slowly evolved over time into a 4 string with a more round body as well as better tuning

it became popular in rebetiko and it was a lot of the times about emotions mostly love

the beatles

its a wind intrument thats wood played using circular breathing

it was a lot of the times played at ceremonies as well as private places not out to the public

it was associated with the god of dionysus who represents wine revelry and theater

its a flat instrument made of wood

his discovery influenced him to use different length of strings as well as string to get different pitches on the instrument

the zither

wood, animal horns or bones or shells

it was mostly used in different type of greek educations and schools for music and poetry pureposes and was played at ceremonies

the god hermes invented it to give it to apollo so he could steal a bunch of cows and if was confronted or told to stop he would play the intrument to be forgiven and forgotten of his crime because how amazing the intrument truly was

orpheus used his lyre to spike a charm in people as well as animals because of the sound and the power that the intrument consisted of