3rd Year | Aristoxenus | Harmonic Elements | Lyre AR01
The Rules of Harmony
What is harmonious, and what is unharmonious to the ear? How can we use our voice to accompany our lyre? Follow Aristoxenus and approach music the ancient Greek way, unlocking all the secrets and rules we have to follow so as never to sound unharmonious again.
At the end of the course you will know how to...
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Accompany the lyre with your voice
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Recognize and employ the different harmonic intervals
- Tune your lyre to create the smallest possible intervals a voice can sing.
- Identify the tetrachord, the basis of ancient Greek music
- Recognize the three basic genera of ancient Greek music
- Make sure that your lyre always sounds harmonious
* Do you own a lyre with more strings? The course can be done by students with lyres of 7 or more strings. Simple and step-by-step videos are available to prepare your lyre for the courses (including tuning).
Lesson 1 : Movements of the Voice
Speech and Song. Those are the two distinct movements of the voice. Start this course by observing your voice as it becomes one more instrument in our quest for melody.
Plus: Five exercises
Lesson 2 : Voice and Lyre
Lyric poetry was accompanied by the lyre, as were the great epics of the Iliad and the Odyssey. Walk in the footsteps of the ancient poets by accompanying your voice with the lyre.
Plus: Examples & two exercises
Lesson 3 : Categories of Intervals
We let the great musicologist and philosopher Aristoxenus guide us through the technical aspects of intervals. What are they, and how are they divided? Find out more!
Plus: Eight exercises
Lesson 4 : Concordant Intervals
How do we know when our music will be harmonious? Explore the magic of harmony through your lyre.
Plus: Three exercises
Lesson 5 : In Search of the Smallest Interval
Have you ever wondered what the smallest possible interval the voice can sing and the ear recognize is? With these exercises, we will explore the minutiae of music!
Plus: Examples & one exercise
Lesson 6 : Adventurous
It is time to test your knowledge and let your lyre transport you back to ancient times with a piece whose title perfectly encapsulates your lyre journey.
Plus: Sheet music for a new melody
Lesson 7 : The Tetrachord
Discover the basis of ancient Greek music, the Tetrachord. In this lesson, we are introduced to the three basic genera of music, which we will explore further in subsequent lessons.
Plus: Examples for every genus
Lesson 8 : Melodies
Bring everything you have learned for these melodies that incorporate all the concepts we have encountered so far.
Plus: Sheet music for two new melodies
Lesson 9 : A Study of 4ths and 5ths
Prepare to take your playing one step further, as this study brings your lyre to life. Master the required technique and let your music flow.
Plus: Sheet music for a new melody
Lesson 10 : Course Finale - A Study in Harmony
It is time to take your audience on a journey through harmonious sounds. In this course finale, you will master the intervals, amaze, and be amazed by your lyre-playing abilities.
Plus: Sheet music for a new melody
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Lina Palera is a world-renowned lyre player and a charismatic teacher with more than a decade of experience in music schools and educational institutions in the United Kingdom, Greece and abroad, working with adults and children too. She travels a lot for live performances at museums, festivals, conferences and other venues.
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