By: Brenda Ramirez and Desiree
Chavez Houston
The type of musicians you had reflected how
much power and wealth you had.
Royalty and Nobles had their own private
musician groups who mostly consist of
servants and varlets.
Who followed their masters where ever the went
Courts loan and borrowed musicians from each
other.
Type of dances were lively and were danced
with hops and skips'
Steady and slow
Had costumes to match with the celebration.
A lot of angelic music was played during church
service .
The organ was mainly used.
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Instruments used during medieval times are
still used today, except they are modernized.
There were thee categories that they
instruments fell under : wind, string, and the
percussion.
Some common interments were ; the lute, harp,
fiddle, viol, drums, and much more.
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Minstrels means little servant . Were castle
musicians who created their own ballads but
also memorized long poems about myths and
legends. Which were called 'chansons de geste‘
Songs were about love and chivalry but also
told stories about far away lands and
historical events “ wandering minstrels”
Were traveling musicians
Were replaced by Troubadours later on
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Troubadours traveling musicians through
villages. Were meant to spread news of the
realm.
Most of their music was about chivalry, courtly
love and ballads.
Would play for common people and the
nobles.
Consisted of speaking ,acting and music.
 Were plays mostly out of music to preserve
Roman dramas mixed with Christian readings.
 Inspire by gospels and saints
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The Harp- was favored by the Troubadours
 The Fiddle- were played by bow or plucked by
the fingers
 The Lute – an early form of banjo
 The dulcimer- was played with hammers
 The Viol- was played between the legs
with a bow
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The Flute – Were played by flute- mistrels
The Bagpipe- Was used by the poorest people
made out of goat skin
The Pipe - simple instrument
 The Recorder- simple instrument
with melody holes
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The Drums- were originally hallow tree trunks
The Cymbal- round concave metal plates
 The Triangle- instrument introduced in
The 14 the century
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The Tambourine – musical instrument mainly used
by women
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Too many instruments to name.
We just listed the most popular ones.
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Music: http://www.takemp3.com/mp3
http://news.allaboutjazz.com/news.php?id=7
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http://www.castles.me.uk/medieval-musicalinstruments.htm
Medieval Music by Richard H. Hoppin