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Ancient Egyptian Music

Ancient Egyptian Music. History of Ancient Egyptian Music?. * Music formed an important part of Egyptian life, and musicians occupied a variety of positions in Egyptian society. * Music found into many contexts in Egypt; temples, palaces, workshops, farms, battlefields, and the tomb.

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Ancient Egyptian Music

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  1. Ancient Egyptian Music

  2. History of Ancient Egyptian Music? * Music formed an important part of Egyptian life, and musicians occupied a variety of positions in Egyptian society. * Music found into many contexts in Egypt; temples, palaces, workshops, farms, battlefields, and the tomb. * In addition, the processional musicians existed on a number of social levels in ancient Egypt.

  3. * The first instruments mentioned are the kinnor, evidently a lyre similar to the kithara, and the ugab, a vertical flute. * Hasosra, a trumpet, and the shofar, a ram’s or goat’s horn, the least musical of all and the only one still in use. What instruments did they used?

  4. What are the other instruments?

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