The Kithara of Classical Antiquity quotOde to Aionquot

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A 'live' performance on replica ancient Greek kithara, of Ode to Aion - track 9 from my 2010 album, The Ancient Greek Lyre : • http://ancientlyre.com/ancient_greek_... • This latest series of 'live' videos feature my practice sessions for my forthcoming international concert at the Stockholm Early Music Festival: • http://www.semf.se/semf-2017/event/1390 • This composition was inspired by Aion - the ancient Greek god of eternity, who is generally depicted with an endless circle. Aion (Greek: Αἰών) is a Hellenistic deity associated with time, the orb or circle encompassing the universe, and the zodiac. The time represented by Aion is unbounded, in contrast to Chronos as empirical time divided into past, present, and future. He is thus a god of eternity, associated with mystery religions concerned with the afterlife, such as the mysteries of Cybele, Dionysus, Orpheus, and Mithras... • This video hopefully illustrates how a varied harmonic accompaniment could be strummed to accompany any song by the technique of string blocking (blocking specific strings with the left hand whilst strumming the open strings with the plectrum in the right hand), how the kithara could be used as a solo instrument by the limitless possibilities of plectrum and finger plucked tones available, how the replica carved plectrum could also be used to beat rhythm during a performance, and demonstrating the hypothetically reconstructed vibrato mechanism, of which there is visual evidence, in all of the illustrations of the ancient Greek kithara, which clearly show spring-like structures below the yoke of the Greek kithara: • http://ancientlyre.com/the_kithara_of... • The kithara I am playing, was handmade in modern Greece by Luthieros: • http://en.luthieros.com/product/citha... • Many thanks for watching! • Subscribe Here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... • http://www.ancientlyre.com/ • / beautifullyre • / ancientlyre • http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/MichaelLevy • https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/mi...

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