Sounion - Ancient Greek Music

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  • Опубліковано 19 лют 2024
  • Music by Farya Faraji. This is an attempt at a historical reconstruction of Ancient Greek music based on the information available to us. Information on Ancient Greek music can be found in my Epic Talking playlist, alongside academic sources.
    The main instrument used here is an approximation of the Greek pandoura lute, although the model I have uses nylgut strings (artifical gut strings that are nylon based) instead of the historical gut strings that would have been used back then, which alters the timbre of the instrument.
    The melody is an improvisation using the Dorian Diatonic mode (now called Phrygian; the names were swapped in the Middle-Ages), and the Lydian Chromatic Mode.

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  • @faryafaraji
    @faryafaraji  3 місяці тому +104

    Music by Farya Faraji. This is an attempt at a historical reconstruction of Ancient Greek music based on the information available to us. Information on Ancient Greek music can be found in my Epic Talking playlist, alongside academic sources.
    The main instrument used here is an approximation of the Greek pandoura lute, although the model I have uses nylgut strings (artifical gut strings that are nylon based) instead of the historical gut strings that would have been used back then, which alters the timbre of the instrument.
    The melody is an improvisation using the Dorian Diatonic mode (now called Phrygian; the names were swapped in the Middle-Ages), and the Lydian Chromatic Mode.

    • @eeyorehaferbock7870
      @eeyorehaferbock7870 3 місяці тому +2

      I wonder, is it possible to get tabs for this? I’d actually like to figure out how to play it on an electric guitar or even a bass guitar.

    • @natheriver8910
      @natheriver8910 3 місяці тому +1

      👏👏🔥🔥

    • @namasteetsaman1532
      @namasteetsaman1532 3 місяці тому

      Goat?

  • @fuferito
    @fuferito 3 місяці тому +196

    I never would have thought to accurately call Farya's lute playing as "gutless and artificial" and also mean it as a compliment.

    • @LeRoyEngloys
      @LeRoyEngloys 3 місяці тому +8

      Could you elaborate?

    • @eeyorehaferbock7870
      @eeyorehaferbock7870 3 місяці тому +21

      @@LeRoyEngloysread about the instrument in the description. I didn’t get it at first either.

    • @LeRoyEngloys
      @LeRoyEngloys 3 місяці тому

      @@eeyorehaferbock7870 thanks

    • @user-bv7zo6vd4m
      @user-bv7zo6vd4m 3 місяці тому +4

      @@eeyorehaferbock7870 oh, ok i had read the description but i didn't even realize

  • @h0rn3d_h1st0r1an
    @h0rn3d_h1st0r1an 3 місяці тому +88

    It's amazing that Nearya Nearaji got to convince Aristoxenos Diabetikos from 469 BCE to record this composition for us. Truly one of the great heralds of genetic memory.

    • @goulven05
      @goulven05 2 місяці тому +6

      Indeed. Also, Aristoxenos Diabetikos gets me every time 😂😂

  • @user-zr2bf2yf6r
    @user-zr2bf2yf6r 3 місяці тому +126

    Although I'm Persian but I feel a strong connection with Greece
    Greetings to people of hellas from Iran
    You never disappoint farya looking forward to new persian music 💚🤍❤️🦁☀️🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

    • @taowroland8697
      @taowroland8697 3 місяці тому +14

      That's what Darius said

    • @user-zr2bf2yf6r
      @user-zr2bf2yf6r 3 місяці тому +8

      @@taowroland8697 well said Darius the great👌✨

    • @Eastern_Roman_Cataphract
      @Eastern_Roman_Cataphract 3 місяці тому +12

      Greetings 🇮🇷❤️🇬🇷

    • @Pana-yc6bf
      @Pana-yc6bf 3 місяці тому +11

      Salam halet chitori from Greece 🇬🇷❤️🇮🇷

    • @user-zr2bf2yf6r
      @user-zr2bf2yf6r 3 місяці тому

      ​Sepas baradar 💚🤍❤️🦁☀️🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷​@@Pana-yc6bf

  • @persianmoez39
    @persianmoez39 3 місяці тому +82

    "Watching Farya Faraji is destiny."
    Heraclitus

  • @HistorywithCy
    @HistorywithCy 3 місяці тому +51

    I've always wondered what ancient Greek music sounded like...thanks for sharing this with us!

  • @Eugene-tm8fm
    @Eugene-tm8fm 3 місяці тому +27

    One day we need to see Farya and Aristoxenos engage in a polite and civil discussion about Ancient Greek music

  • @persici2725
    @persici2725 3 місяці тому +42

    Baradar's song is so fire it set the library of Alexandria on fire 🔥

    • @GrabbandeseNuts
      @GrabbandeseNuts 3 місяці тому +5

      A Roman citizen played it once, and half of Rome felt it.

  • @user-yp8wf9ki1k
    @user-yp8wf9ki1k 3 місяці тому +10

    I am so proud to be a Greek a Byzantine and Arkadian 🇬🇷

  • @malahamavet
    @malahamavet 3 місяці тому +9

    my boy Oxigenos Emoroides is back whith another banger

  • @lovebaltazar4610
    @lovebaltazar4610 3 місяці тому +14

    Thank you for reconstructing ancient traditional music!

  • @saadeddineabrarmohammed8090
    @saadeddineabrarmohammed8090 3 місяці тому +7

    I don't usually enjoy lute solos without lyrics but goddamn this is getting a spot on my playlist when it gets onto spotify. As usual, music that makes me hurt from vibing along.
    p.s. I was wondering if you could make a Northern Berber themed song, especially as their musical traditions are pretty similar to Greek and Arabic traditions, and as most of the chants and hymns they recite (called izlan) are deeply romantic and/or nostalgic and can present a bittersweet eloquence at times.

  • @glthemusicenjoyer6809
    @glthemusicenjoyer6809 3 місяці тому +10

    Yet another Farya w. I LOVED your Spartan Dance song and hope to see more Ancient Greek music soon!

  • @JadAbdelhadi
    @JadAbdelhadi 3 місяці тому +14

    more greek music please

  • @samuelberteferreira
    @samuelberteferreira 3 місяці тому +10

    Why didn't they ask you to do the soundtrack for the Netflix series about Alexander the Great?

  • @zzlord4309
    @zzlord4309 3 місяці тому +3

    I love how mystical and distant the music of our ancestors can hear to us.

  • @mraramayo
    @mraramayo 3 місяці тому +3

    A nice, relaxing melody to listen while studying. Thanks Farya!

  • @walemaa5631
    @walemaa5631 3 місяці тому +7

    Noice, do more of different authentic European and Iranian songs.

  • @user-jl3lm4xe2v
    @user-jl3lm4xe2v 3 місяці тому

    Another gem to listen to and love. I was expecting a good ancient greek piece any sooner now. Great as always. Keep the amazing work

  • @WarHammer1989
    @WarHammer1989 3 місяці тому +1

    Thank you Farya for doing what you do

  • @stephmod7434
    @stephmod7434 2 місяці тому +3

    Greeting from Keratea the closest city to Sounion with more than 10.000 people!

  • @TheKnifeRaven
    @TheKnifeRaven 3 місяці тому +5

    Wow, I'm actually early for something! Nice.

  • @jonathanlochridge9462
    @jonathanlochridge9462 2 місяці тому +1

    I love it! The phrygian mode is one of my favorites.
    I do like the normal Dorian Mode a bit more but it is nice too.

  • @blakeprocter5818
    @blakeprocter5818 3 місяці тому +1

    I love your Middle Ages music, and I love your Renaissance music. I also love the early Modern Balkan music. It's all fantastic. But it's when you cover the era of Antiquity that really, truly excites me. Be it Roman, Greek, Iranian or beyond. I think it's because so precious few artists attempt to authentically recreate music of this period. It's very special.

  • @movementii
    @movementii 3 місяці тому +4

    I thought it sounded like in 300 😳

  • @user-ox6zd8dc1x
    @user-ox6zd8dc1x 3 місяці тому +6

    Вы очень талантливый музыкант,Фария! Где продюсеры, которые познакомят мир с Фариа Фараджи?!

    • @user-fu3pp8ol7i
      @user-fu3pp8ol7i 3 місяці тому

      Большинство мира слушают музыку с западными попсовыми мотивами, поэтому это сложно осуществить.

  • @kirkdougherty8690
    @kirkdougherty8690 3 місяці тому +1

    Farya, you've done it again. I somehow imagine this as accompanying an ancient performance of Homer. Your performances always take me to another time and place. Thank you.

  • @user-ik5rp7dj9w
    @user-ik5rp7dj9w 3 місяці тому +2

    Te Laudamos Farya Faraji. Y disfrutamos de tu musica

  • @CONSTANTINEXI63
    @CONSTANTINEXI63 3 місяці тому +3

    Good stuff as always mate

  • @zanehaythorn4140
    @zanehaythorn4140 3 місяці тому +1

    I've been studying the ancient Greek modes and genuses for a bit now, but there's too few examples recorded of how they may have actually been used. Much appreciated!

    • @faryafaraji
      @faryafaraji  3 місяці тому +3

      If you ever need more info, I have this 2 hour video that has timestamps and catalogues every known mode of Ancient Greek music.
      ua-cam.com/video/3eWcj2GKRzo/v-deo.htmlsi=ML5_UL__KqzeysM1
      You can also find video essays where I explain Ancient Greek modes in my Epic Talking playlist in case you haven't seen them.
      Cheers!

  • @mariya2304
    @mariya2304 3 місяці тому

    That's interesting, thanks, Farya! 🎉😊

  • @thezorkstation76
    @thezorkstation76 3 місяці тому +2

    very dombra type vibes (which i suppose adds up given that the instruments are related)
    ancient lutes really are kinda overlooked imo

  • @gustavderbig225
    @gustavderbig225 3 місяці тому +1

    Hi Farya,
    it would be nice if you can make your own interpretation from the greek song "the tango of Nefely - το τανγκο της νεφελης", i would realy like to hear your version!
    best regrades

  • @SiamakNaficy
    @SiamakNaficy 3 місяці тому +1

    What an interesting melody.

  • @UmbrielakaPasystem
    @UmbrielakaPasystem 3 місяці тому +5

    Amazing!!! :D

  • @MatthewVanston
    @MatthewVanston 3 місяці тому

    Very soothing.

  • @rosafilippidi6440
    @rosafilippidi6440 10 днів тому

    Sounio in Attica is my happy place . The view of the sea there is to die for. As it is from any place in Greece, but Sounio, and the temple of Poseidone... It must be a holly place.

  • @iberius9937
    @iberius9937 3 місяці тому

    Nice mixing of the Dorian and Lydian Chromatic modes!!! Excellent use of this seldom known historical instrument that was arguably the ancestor of many instruments of the same family, including the guitar. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

  • @jamiegallier2106
    @jamiegallier2106 3 місяці тому

    Just beautiful, this makes me want to dance.

  • @alexandrosfotiadis4542
    @alexandrosfotiadis4542 3 місяці тому +1

    man the intro is giving me rebetiko vibes, love it.

  • @milesmanges
    @milesmanges 3 місяці тому +3

    Thank you Brother 🤌

  • @probaddie456
    @probaddie456 3 місяці тому +6

    I'm no music surgeon, but is this using some non-12 TET system (just intonation)?

    • @faryafaraji
      @faryafaraji  3 місяці тому +9

      The temperament here is a variant of Pythagorean, not Just, although the latter is also attested in Classical Times

  • @busraacar1703
    @busraacar1703 День тому

    Good musics and good job! Greetings from Turkiye🇹🇷🇹🇷❤❤

  • @HangrySaturn
    @HangrySaturn 3 місяці тому +2

    👌Peak ancient Greek reconstruction

  • @Max-zz7ol
    @Max-zz7ol 3 місяці тому

    Love it 👏

  • @Bjorn_Algiz
    @Bjorn_Algiz 3 місяці тому +3

    Amazing video brother❤ hail! 😊

  • @desperado30
    @desperado30 3 місяці тому +3

    nice

  • @MohammedMohammadi-nl7tx
    @MohammedMohammadi-nl7tx 3 місяці тому +2

    Nice❤

  • @BigKasRap
    @BigKasRap 3 місяці тому

    It is another great music Farya, but it's day 6 since I am asking for song about Scipio Africanus for my Roman Empire playlist. Greetings❤

  • @Verikoira_
    @Verikoira_ 3 місяці тому +2

    You should do something about or like the scythians

  • @theshadowsagas3617
    @theshadowsagas3617 3 місяці тому

    My man Tzatzikis Protochlamydias is back with another banger!

  • @TimVKFlyn
    @TimVKFlyn 3 місяці тому +1

    allez hop, ajout à ma playlist pour accompagner ma lecture du moment : l'Iliade

  • @icanthis
    @icanthis 3 місяці тому +8

    Can you make carthagian music but language is not latin

    • @faryafaraji
      @faryafaraji  3 місяці тому +17

      If I find resources on the Phoenician language I certainly will

  • @Earnfinning
    @Earnfinning Місяць тому +1

    I can just imagine Farya being the commander of an ancient Persian army, fighting against Macedonians or something. I picture it now. Farya is reincarnated Darius confirmed???

  • @yashgosavi3915
    @yashgosavi3915 3 місяці тому +4

    Yo bro can you compose music on chatrapati shivaji maharaj

  • @thomas9044
    @thomas9044 3 місяці тому +3

    Niceee

  • @IgorRatchnevsky
    @IgorRatchnevsky 22 дні тому +1

    greek compositors are taking lessons

  • @AntsSingaporeantchannel
    @AntsSingaporeantchannel 6 днів тому

    could you make greek music based off the classical plays of euripides, aeschylus and sophocles?

  • @orthochristos
    @orthochristos 3 місяці тому +4

    Προχώρα ρε μάγκα!

  • @kursat59
    @kursat59 3 місяці тому

    ohh faryakos farajikos thiskos muchos goodos musicos!!!

  • @stefanreichenberger5091
    @stefanreichenberger5091 3 місяці тому

    This would make for a nice Space Rock tune (reminds me a bit of Nebula).

  • @daklr2501
    @daklr2501 3 місяці тому

    Can perfectly picture in my mind just a group of greek pirates sitting in a circle on their boat, sitting in some cove or on the for the moment calm waters, resting and waiting to pass the time with this tune. After all, if a piratical noble doesn't know how to play music, is he even literate?

  • @Itzcuintli
    @Itzcuintli 3 місяці тому +3

    Do you take request?
    Because I think a rendition about the Nezahualcoyotl's poem : Niquitoa, made by you would be awesome.

  • @gabijojo54
    @gabijojo54 3 місяці тому +2

    Une musique de banquet ou de mariage

  • @user-ty7oq1pv8n
    @user-ty7oq1pv8n 3 місяці тому

    Tuyệt vời! Ước bạn làm một bản âm nhạc Việt Nam

  • @arturzitosqgostadechitus3289
    @arturzitosqgostadechitus3289 2 місяці тому

    We are going to get the persians with this one🔥🔥🔥

  • @koimismenoss
    @koimismenoss 3 місяці тому +1

    👍

  • @oldy27
    @oldy27 3 місяці тому

    Hi Farya - I'm wondering, do you perhaps read the comments? 🤔Because I have one question.

  • @kur0sh1
    @kur0sh1 3 місяці тому +1

    Will you ever do some Mughal music? Im quite curious to listen to your take on Music of the Mughals and how it was affected by the Indian culture.

  • @t_rizz
    @t_rizz 3 місяці тому

    Pandoura

  • @Pjd-jn2or
    @Pjd-jn2or 3 місяці тому

    Can you reconstruct Sumerian, Assyrian and Babylonian music? I know a UA-camr named Peter Pringle who succeds to reconstruct some musics

    • @faryafaraji
      @faryafaraji  3 місяці тому +7

      Peter Pringle doesn't make reconstructions of Mesopotamian music, he clarifies this in his own video descriptions.
      I will however be making historically informed reconstructions once I procure the correct instruments

  • @kevin02mulder
    @kevin02mulder 3 місяці тому

    nice I like but not the waves of water

  • @mi.aliyev98
    @mi.aliyev98 3 місяці тому +3

    Perfect 🇦🇿👑💙

  • @sahilsingh6048
    @sahilsingh6048 3 місяці тому +1

    First Pin😍

  • @SusScrofaVulgaris
    @SusScrofaVulgaris 3 місяці тому +1

    Greek for onion

  • @yami_1164
    @yami_1164 3 місяці тому

    nice