Ancient Greek music was an important part of religious ceremonies, private parties, education, and other aspects of life. A variety of musical instruments were used, including woodwind instruments like flutes and double-reed auloi, brass instruments like the salpinx trumpet, string instruments like lyres and kitharas, and percussion instruments such as tympanons and krotala castanets. Music was often accompanied by poetry and dance and was integral to performances in Greek theaters, where a choir of 12-15 musicians known as a coryphaeus played.

1. ANCIENT GREEK MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
By José Antonio Martín González

2.  Music in ancient Greece was intimately linked to poetry
and dance and was very present in the life of Greek society.

3.  Music was important in religious ceremonies, at
private parties, education, war and work and even
had a recognized therapeutic power.

4. - Monodic.
- Written
in alphabetical
notation.
- Vocal (if there
are some
instruments
they play the
same melody
than the
voices). Seikilos Epitaph (s. I -B.C.)

5.  Music was also important in Greek theater. There was
a choir made up of between 12 to 15 musicians located
in the orchestra and conducted by the Coryphaeus.

6. Current representation of Greek Theater

7. WOOD- WIND INSTRUMENTS
Flutes Double-reed
Aulos
Pean God playing the Syrinx

8. METAL- WIND INSTRUMENTS
Hydraulis
Soldier playing
the Salpinx
Modern Hydraulis

9. STRING INSTRUMENTS
Woman playing the lyre Man playing the kythara
Lyre Kythara

10. PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
Tympanon Krotala
Dionisos’ dancers playing
Tympanon
Current Krotala