Virtual e-ClassVirtual e-ClassΠρότυπο Πειραματικό Γυμνάσιο Ζωσιμαίας Σχολής

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This year we participated in a Virtual e-Class project,

working together with our friends from Antonio Gala

School in Dos Hermanas, Seville, Spain

• This is our project

. Virtual e-ClassCommunity – Πρόγραμμα Ευρωπαϊκής

Διαδικτυακής Συνεργασίας Ξενόγλωσσων

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This is our workThis is our work

•The theme

we chose to

focus on

was “music

and words

that

connect our

cultures” –

it was fun!

We first described our relationship with music

We soon realized

that there

was music in our

daily lives. Apart

from listening to

music, many of us

are learning to

play a musical instrument – violin, piano, but also

traditional Greek instruments.

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What is Music?Music is the art of combining

sounds to composition,

performance and listening to

a musical work. It takes its

name from the nine muses of

Greek mythology. Music

evolves it’s story as a parallel

of language and plays an

important role in the lives of

people even the ancient

times.

Music and I

Music plays a very important role in my life. Since I was a little boy I used to spend some of my free time listening songs I liked, and I also enjoyed learning songs by heart so I can sing them on my own. As the years passed the kind of music I listened has changed. I can’t devote much time only to listen a song, but I enjoy listening songs while I’m studying(that also makes me concentrate).

Music and I

Moreover I’ve

been playing

the piano for

six years (It is

my favorite

classical

instrument)

Music and II can’t say that I have a specific favorite

kind of music. In fact I enjoy listening:

Rock (English and American)

Pop (English and American and a few

times Greek)

And Classical

I dislike hard rock, metal, and heavy

metal.

Favorite singers, bands, composers

Rock Pop Classical

Scorpions Michael Jackson W.A. Mozart

Bon Jovi Fun L.W. Beethoven

Aerosmith Train

Rainbow Michalis Chatzigiannis

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Me and Music

Music

We all listen to music at home, while driving or even we study. Some are keen on classical music, while others can’t stand it. What’s more some of us listen only to Greek music, but others only to foreign music.

MUSIC INOUR LIVES…

• Music is important in our life

because music shows our feelings.

• If we’re sad, we listen a sad and

slow music, if we’re happy we

listen a fast music.

My relationship with musicMy relationship with music

Every day I listen to music! Before I go to school, when I come back home from school when I’m studying and when I don’t have anything to do!

When I’m sad, when I’m happy, when I feel that no one is near me and when I feel lonely I listen to music.

Listening to music is my medicine.

My favorite type of musicMy favorite type of music

My favorite types of music are POP and RAP but I like Rock, too.

.

My favorite

bands are “3

Doors Down”

and the

“Beatles”

MusicMusic

To many people in many cultures, music is an important part of their way of life. Ancient Greek and Indian philosophers defined music as tones ordered horizontally as melodies and vertically as harmonies. Common sayings such as "the harmony of the spheres" and "it is music to my ears" point to the notion that music is often ordered and pleasant to listen to. However, 20th-century composer John Cage thought that any sound can be music, saying, for example, "There is no noise, only sound."

Ημερήσια διάταξη

Musicologist Jean-Jacques Nattiez summarizes the relativist, post-modern viewpoint: “The border between music and noise is always culturally defined—which implies that, even within a single society, this border does not always pass through the same place; in short, there is rarely a consensus ... By all accounts there is no single and intercultural universal concept defining what music might be”.

We also explored traditional We also explored traditional Greek musicGreek music

From Pontus and Macedonia.

Music of Pontus, was developed in the South area of Black Sea. Although the citizens had been uprooted, till nowadays they keep their culture (music and dances) and beliefs. The main instrument is lira. They also have various kinds of dances in which the entire body moves.

Lira is the most popular traditional instrument of Pontus. It’s made of berry’s wood. It has 3 metal strings and the musician plays chords. The musician must be talented, experienced and concentrated to face the difficulties of the rhythm.

•Music of Macedonia is quite

complicated because it’s based

on traditional music from all over

the country. That’s why songs

have huge differences from town

to town.

•Thessaloniki , has got it’s own

significant music culture as the

most important cultural city of

the times in Macedonia and in

Greece.

Bagpipe is well-known in

Macedonia. It’s also called

Tsabouna. It’s made of sheep’s

leather and wood. It’s a wind

instrument and the musician

must practice a lot to achieve a

good listen. Because of the

requirements the musicians

who can play a bagpipe are

fewer through the years.

Traditional music of Epirus

Musical tradition of EpirusThe musical tradition of Epirus consists one of the greatest cultural treasures in Greece.

It is distinguished for the

melodic and harmonic

colour that follows it. The growth is mainly

encountered syrtos. The

melodic lines are short, the melody is sad, the songs

with cheer lyrics or satiric

content have “heavy” melody too

The wild austerity of the mountainous landscape could only be reflected into the music.

The melodic lines are short, the melody is sad, the songs with cheer lyrics or satiric content have

“heavy” melody too. The wild austerity of the mountainous landscape could only be reflected

into the music.

Musical tradition of EpirusMusical tradition of Epirus

Epiros, is a very

rugged

mountainous

area with limited

resources. The

music of Epiros

reflects the

harsh land which

has forced its

people to travel

to distant lands

in search for

livelihood.

Akritika

Akritika:

They refer to akritais

the boarder guards of

the Byzantine Empire

Variations

Variations:

They are medieval

which have mainly

dramatic content and

they are known for

their strong story

element. These are

related to the akritika.

Historical Songs

Historical

SongsThe Historical Songs

are related to the

events of the long

Greek history.

Kleftika

Kleftika:

Are the songs that

refer to thieves and

armatolous at the

Ottoman period and

celebrate their

heroic

achievements.

Songs of everyday life

Songs of

everyday life:Relating to: labor,

pastoral, love,

marriage, etc.

MoirologiaMoirologiaThey refer to death of loved

ones. These include

songs of Death and the

underworld. Also,

moirologia express the

pain of loss, exile, and

they sart the traditional

festivals of the continent,

as a tribute to those who

are absent from the

celebration.

Kalanta

Kalanta:

The religious

songs of

Christmas, New

Year, Theofania,

Lazarus, Good

Friday, Easter

etc.

The music of Epiros has a long instrumental The music of Epiros has a long instrumental ensemble tradition. These ensembles ensemble tradition. These ensembles consist ofconsist of::

The clarinet

The clarinet. The

clarinet in the main

vehicle of expression.

The clarinetists are well

known for their

excellence of their

profound emotional

expression.

The violin

The violin

The laouto

The laouto (lute)

The defi

And the defi

(hand drum).

Traditional music bandTraditional music band

Most known dances of Most known dances of EpirusEpirus• FisouniFisouni

• Syrtos sta triaSyrtos sta tria

• MenousisMenousis

• ZagorisiosZagorisios

• PogonisiosPogonisios

The music of CreteThe music of Crete

The music of CreteThe music of Crete

• The music of Crete is a traditional

form of Greek music, also called

kritika.

• The music of Crete has 3 famous

instruments, the lyra, the

askomandoura and the Cretan

laouto.

The music of CreteThe music of Crete

The first music on Crete

comes from Ancient

Greece.

The first recorded

reference to lyra was in the

9th century.After the fall of

Konstantinople , many

Byzantine musicians took

refuge in Crete and

established schools of

Byzantine music.

The music of CreteThe music of Crete

By the early 20th century,

the violin was playing a more

prominent role in Cretan folk

music, and was preferred in

Eastern Crete, while the lyra

was preferred in Western

Crete.

The West Cretan highlands

also features rizitika,heroic

ballads without instrumental

accompaniment.

The music of CreteThe music of CreteA combination of the violin and lyre, the viololyra, was created in

1920.

Twenty years later, the modern form of the lyra appeared when a

lyraki and violin were combined replacing the lyra drone strings

with three strings in succession.

Modern Modern Cretan Cretan musicmusic

•In the 1960s,

musicians like Nikos

Xylouris and Yannis

Markopoulos

combined Cretan

folk music with

classical techniques.

Mantinades A mantinada or mantinades, are Cretan rhyming couplets, typically improvised during dance music.Mantinades have either love or satire as their topics. They are invariably composed in dekapentasyllabos verse.The word is derived from matinada or "morning song".