Saturday, 22 January 2011

Music in the era of the Pharaohs

Ancient Egyptians knew their love and passion for various types of music for them and the public, Vqdroa of art and loved him and admired the tone fresh and beautiful tune.
The Egyptians created a variety of musical instruments since ancient Egyptian design spree limited species, and with the progress of Egyptian civilization and the mixing of Egyptian neighboring peoples in Asia, entered the Asian Musical Instruments in Egypt and the concomitant development of the Egyptian musical instruments

And musical instruments are divided into three main types, stringed instruments, woodwind, and percussion.
It is the oldest stringed instruments "junk"and was the most commonly used is a wooden box for him to sound out a number of vertical and tendons are installed in the party machine and numerous sizes and forms. The "Alknarp" It is an Asian origin of the five-string and used to play during the horizontal or vertical

 There are "mandolins, "an oval-shaped machine with a long neck similar to the lute and was placed high on the chest during the playing and player uses a feather on the tendons pass three or four

The Woodwind Oboe Vohmha long and short, single-and double-propagation of tones

The percussion, one of the oldest musical instruments in Egypt is the most important types of metal castanets of bronze or copper and wood as well as the tambourine was made up of wooden frames or metal rectangular in shape and covered with thin skins of animals after waxing them and stretched on a frame

There were types of cylindrical drums of wood or metal with two Mgtin animal skin attached to the shoulder during use

As well as the ancient Egyptians used Asalasl of the metal rods by a thin metal ring occurs when you move left and right, or beating them by hand. Have used music and playing in the religious events, concerts and celebrations for the Holidays, there have been bands include musicians oboe, flute, drums and tambourines batters stringed instruments accompanied musicians, dancers and dancers to the sound of singer or singers

 It was the Royal Palace orchestra special concerts for the king and the royal family, and there are bands especially the temples of the concerts their own religious festivals of the gods and religious occasions and has also used music in public concerts and festivals of different, and also during the battles of warfare on the instigation of soldiers and sharpen motivation beating drums and blowing of trumpets. Egyptian music has been characterized by its development and progress from generation to generation, but retained the character and taste your high that most impressed the ancient Greeks who came to Egypt and recorded their impression of Egyptian music in their writings

The songs have varied topics, including what was singing popular related work while practicing what is the most common, some of which was related to weaving chaste love and describe the beloved, and there are songs special events, such as festivals and processions of victory, and there Sad Songs ceremonial funeral accompany the family of the deceased mourns Dead, including songs for religious temples have been received on the papyri a lot of these songs, which abound in the world of museums

The owner of the dance music of all types, according to the type of event, there are some is for entertainment, recreation and entertainment for the soul, and it was crossing a religious dance, and from what was happening in front of Funerary funeral of the deceased. There was also dancing rhythmic motor carried out by groups of young girls and the advantage of flexibility where they are physically large with some difficult dances, including what was or Thblohat technical formations and from what was individually or in pairs to play two men or two women

There were dances, war represents a run and hit-or fencing were these dances kind of entertainment for the soldiers during the battles of war. Has thrived Egyptian tombs, temples and papyri views pose many types of concerts both in the Egyptian society to the holidays and celebrations and the hills, recreation and entertainment or religious holidays of the many temples in, as well as concerts funeral, or on the walls of temples, where she represented the celebrations of victory over the enemy, and also witnessed some of the effects of the jewelry boxes or clothing king "Tutankhamun" The celebration of military victories over the enemy King

        

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