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Wed 10 Jul, 2013 12:25 am

Learning medieval music

Does anybody here have any idea of where somebody with no prior musical experience could start learning how to play medieval music? I'm not too picky, but I tend to prefer dance-like tunes with a lively beat, and for a while now I've been thinking of picking up an instrument (maybe a lute, a bagpipe, or a recorder) but couldn't quite decide on which one -- preferably something I can learn to play by myself since I'm half a world away from most other enthusiasts I know.

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Ian Hutchison

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Posts: 626 Location: Louisiana / Nordrhein-Westholland

Wed 10 Jul, 2013 1:38 am

Re: Learning medieval music

Lafayette C Curtis wrote:

Hi Lafayette,

Of the three you mentioned, the recorder is definitely the easiest to teach yourself.

A lot of traditional/folk music is transcribed online using the ABC method of notation (which is very simple and easy to learn). Using an ABC program, you can open a '.abc' file (or transcribe directly into the program) to produce fingering charts, sheet music, and midi sound files. On some programs you can also reverse translate a midi to notation. Finding '.abc's is as easy as googling "medieval music .abc".

Here are some useful websites regarding ABC notation:
http://abcnotation.com/

http://abcplus.sourceforge.net/

Here is some medieval music transcribed into ABC:

https://sites.google.com/site/alicorbin/Home/music/

http://www.andyhornby.net/Music/early%20tunes.abc

http://abcnotation.com/tunePage?a=trillian.mi...tunes/0000

ABCedit, Easy ABC, were the programs I always used to edit/print/produce notation:

http://members.quicknet.nl/j.coolegem/abcedit/abcedit1.htm

http://www.nilsliberg.se/ksp/easyabc/

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Mart Shearer

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Posts: 1,303 Location: Jackson, MS, USA

Wed 10 Jul, 2013 4:13 am

A "Music Maker" or "Melody" Lap Harp is effectively the medieval psaltery. Relatively inexpensive (25-40 USD) and easy to learn to use.

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