What are the main musical instruments of the medieval period?

1, Lyra

Lyra (Lyre), also translated as Lyre, also known as the poem piano, the name of this instrument first appeared in the linear text B, and poetry Lyric homologous, it is the earliest Western plucked string instrument, but also since the Renaissance Western music symbol.

Playing the Lyra was an important way for students to learn music and poetry during the Ancient Greek period. The lila was the earliest plucked string instrument in the West, and the seven-stringed harp was also a symbol of Erato, the goddess of lyric poetry. With its dignified and beautiful image, the lira was also used as a musical emblem.

2, LUTE

LUTE (LUTE), also known as the Lute, is a kind of curved-necked plucked string instrument. Generally this word mainly refers to the Middle Ages to the Baroque period in Europe used in a class of ancient musical instruments in general, is the Renaissance Europe's most popular family solo instrument.

His origin and name came from the Arab "Al'ud", about the 9th-10th century through the Muslims into Europe, the Arabic Al'ud originally means wood, this pear-shaped plucked string instrument, and the Asian lute, and even the Japanese biwa have **. This pear-shaped plucked stringed instrument shares its origins with the Asian lute, and even the Japanese biwa, which originated in West Asia. The medieval lute had only five sets of strings and was played with plectrums made of feathers, so it was mostly used as an ensemble to play dance music or as an accompaniment to songs.

3. Hurdy gurdy

Hurdy gurdy, a stringed instrument. By the piano-style keyboard, by the handle of the wooden wheel and a set of strings. The wooden wheel rotates like a bow, causing the strings to vibrate. The right hand turns the handle while the left hand plays the melody on the keyboard.

The guillotine was popular from the 10th to 14th centuries, and in the early Middle Ages it was known as the wheel-rubbed fiddle. in the 18th century there was a resurgence of interest in the guillotine among the French, who called it the vielle. Haydn and Donizetti composed music for it. The hand-cranked organ associated with the street accordionist and his monkey is often mistaken for the strummed organ.

4, the harp

The harp is a historic woodwind instrument in Europe, used since the Middle Ages, it originated in Italy in the 15th century, the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries prevalent in European countries. The sound of the harp is beautiful and mellow;

It is an important wind instrument in Europe and a standard solo instrument in the Baroque era. The harp is playing a great role in the developed countries of the world, both in professional music performance and in general music education. Harp is usually eight holes, for a series of instruments, commonly used in the performance of five kinds, can play colorful music

5, pipe organ

pipe organ (pipe organ), belongs to the pneumatic sounding keyboard instruments, circulated in Europe, a long history of large-scale keyboard instruments, more than 2,200 years ago (up to 2019), and never interrupted. The pipe organ is a type of organ, unlike the typical pedal organ, which is sounded by blowing the reeds through a foot-drumming device that causes the reeds to vibrate.

In medieval Europe (especially in Italy), almost every small town had a pipe organ, big or small, in the church, and every religious festival, you can hear the melodious music wafting throughout the town. Being able to serve as organist in a famous cathedral was also an honor that musicians were proud of. But the church was small, and the organ had only a few hundred pipes and a single keyboard.

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