Medieval music

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Lute: the neck of the Renaissance lute was bent back; the strings were tuned in pairs and the fingerboard had frets. Viols: Flat back and six strings. Fretted fingerboard. Viols were held upright in front of the player rather than tucked under the chin Crumhorn: double-reed instrument Sackbut: It's an early kind of trombone. Trumpet: Without the valve system we know today (it was invented in the 19th century). The different notes were obtained by varying the lip pressure Percussion…

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Enter the world of the troubadours, whose music and poetry captivated the medieval imagination, shaping the era's cultural and social landscape.

Israel Triumphant, The Chariot of Abinadab, Old Testament Miniatures, France, Paris, 1240s, MS M.638 (fol. 39r)

As I may have mentioned before, I am very partial to Tudor and Elizabethan church music, and want to get all excited about an aspect of this...

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