· Have you ever thought of music as a language? Not only does music speak to people and express ideas and emotions, but it also has an
actual written language…
The musical language, or notation, tells us
things like the pitch, duration, meter, and dynamics. Without these things
music would be pretty boring, and without the actual written notation most
music would eventually disappear.
In class we learned about the notations we use in our time and culture.
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Many ancient artistic relics, and pictures show
depictions of music making, and it's clear that music was a normal part of life
for the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and others
Below are a few of the oldest written songs that have been found. Different symbols were written above the words to depict pitch, duration, dynamics, etc
Students started working on their own ancient music notation projects
