Remarks:
This song came out in Egypt in -1400. As far as I know, it never charted, but the notation for it made it into a banquet scene and was reconstructed by scholars. It is played on a lyre whose musical scale was taken from an Ancient Egyptian flute that is still playable.
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That is fab.
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An extended round of applause and thunderous shouts of “BRAVO, BRAVO!”
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It’s beautiful!
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It reminds me a little of Greek music:
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuPc0VEIlaQ)
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The Greeks probably got it from Egypt!
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This also reminds me a bit of Kora music
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DEKQjj6Ga0)
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