Accoustic Science: The Epitaph of Seikilos

The Smallest Choice can have the Biggest Consequences: A New Critical Analysis of A Sound

These sounds are heard on a daily basis are being bent and altered in order for us to properly hear them. Engineers have used trigonometry in many rooms, that are created for the production of music, to help the sounds that are transferred to bounce off the walls. This motion helps the sounds to balance which makes it easier

The ancient Greeks highly valued the strength and power in a spoken word. Political, economic, cultural, and social life of the Ancient Greeks can be seen in their plays. They thus relied on words to communicating. Their desire to communicate and pass crucial information led to the creation of numerous plays across the region. The ancient Greek plays were both entertaining and educative thus reflecting on the kind of life that this person lived (Hogan 11). Their settings can suggest a lot about the circumstances and conditions under which this play was performed. The dramatic presentations were crucial to Athenians, a fact that can be seen from the numerous and well- spread theatres across the city. The paper will focus on how the ancient

Music has been a part of human society for thousands of years, and in each time period, music has been an integral part of culture. During the Middle Ages, numerous instruments were created for the art of music making. One of these instruments is called the hurdy-gurdy. Despite its strange name, this instrument has stood the test of time and still attracts the attention of music-lovers today (Baines, Bowles, & Green, 2001).

Sound is very interesting and has many topics to discuss on what systems we use to understand all of it. Humans brains are very important for sounds and vibrations but so are our ears. Ears are how we hear and gather sounds and our brain is used for understanding and processing all of the sounds and vibrations we have previously

Music played a significant role in the lives of ancient Greeks. They believed that music fostered one’s relationship with the gods, and some instruments, such as the lyre, were created by the gods. Music and dance were also taught

An Ultrasound Technician, also known as diagnostic medical sonographers, use high-frequency sound waves to create images of soft tissue in a patient's body. Physicians use these images to diagnose abnormalities and diseases in a patient. As early as 1826, a Swiss physicist name Jean-Daniel, had effectively used an underwater bell to determine the speed of sound in the waters of Lake Geneva. In the late 1800s, physicists were working successfully towards defining the fundamental physicists of sound waves, transmission, propagation, and refraction. Lord Rayleigh was the first to describe sound waves as a mathematical equation, forming the basis of future practical work in acoustics. Lord Rayleigh famous work “the Theory of Sound” was published

Pythagoras, friend of Thales and famed mathematician, was a lover of music. He discovered that the tones in music are connected to ratios. By shortening or lengthening a string on an instrument, one could produce higher or lower pitched tones. To Pythagoras, every aspect of life was founded upon science and mathematics. Once again, the idea of Cosmos, beauty and order, shines through. The order of music tempos and tones are what differentiates generic sounds from music.

In Sophocles’ Oedipus the King, the chorus has one of the most important roles in setting the audience’s reaction to the events going on in the play. They are the embodiment of a common man in the Ancient Greece and therefore represent the public opinion. Through the use of chorus, Sophocles interprets the actions just seen and guides the audience’s understanding of them. The choral ode from the lines 954 to 997 praises the gods’ almighty power and shuns Jocasta’s disregard of the fate and the prophecies; with this it is shown that the gods’ rule truly is all powerful and plants further fear of them into the minds of the people. The mood of anticipation can be felt, along with the demand for the gods’ reaction.

Music in Ancient Greece was well integrated in their society, it played a large role in various ceremonies from marriages to funerals, as well as entertainment like plays or epic poetry. Although it is believed that music was invented in Africa over 55,000 years ago, music really began and took shape in Ancient Greece. Even the word music came from the Greek word muses who were believed to be the daughters of Zeus and were the patron Goddesses of creativity. There are many references to music in ancient Greece, from drawings on pottery of people playing, as well as literary works that even describe how the instruments sounded. Speaking of instruments, in addition to the voice being used as one, there are several instruments that are known to have existed in Ancient Greece, a few different string instruments including a lyre, a kithara (which is believed to be the ancient equivalent of a guitar), and a barbitos, which is a taller version of a lyre. They also had several wind type instruments including and aulos, pan pipes, a hydraulis (which eventually led to the modern day organ), as well as a salpinx, which was an ancient type of trumpet with a bone mouthpiece that was the origin of the many brass instruments that we know of today. Finally, we also know of several percussion instruments that were used by the ancient Greeks, these include a tympanum, which was like a tambourine, a crotala, and a koudounia. Music was actually one of the main teachings, along with gymnastics

As a matter of fact, two of their most favored instruments were said to be gifted from the Gods. Many believe that the god Hermes gifted people the lyre, and the goddesses Athena gifted the aulos. On Mt. Olympus(where the gods lived) there were the 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who were called the Muses. Mark Cartwright said that, "In Greek mythology the Muses personified the various elements of music and were said to entertain the gods on Mt. Olympus with their divine music, dancing, and singing." As loved as music was in that time, drama and literature were also a huge part of their lives; especially poetry.

Since the dawn of time, different societies have worshiped gods, believing in their power and being afraid of their fury. People have prayed and made sacrifices in order to achieve the gods' mercy and generosity. They believed that, if the gods are in good mood, they will provide people with good weather conditions for growing crops. People needed explanations for different natural phenomena, such as rain, drought, lightning, thunder and earthquake. So, ancient people believed that these natural phenomena are caused by the gods. A good example of such societies could be ancient Greeks and Romans. Ancient Greeks and Romans existed in the middle ages. This essay will describe main gods and goddesses of ancient Greek

It is within this framework that I consider important to study the way in which sound is

2. The Greek chorus shared the audiences reactions to events and character, and sometimes interacted with the actors. They also functioned as spokesman for the plays community or society by giving advice, expressing opinions, asking questions, and setting the ethical framework by which events were judged.

In ancient Greek plays, the role of the chorus was to sing lyrical passages. The lyrical passages were set up