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Host Nat Breiting makes their way through the fascinating history of music, learning things from the paleolithic era to modern day. Focusing on unheard people groups and learning as we go, Free the Music is music education: for free.

Free the Music Nat Breiting

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Host Nat Breiting makes their way through the fascinating history of music, learning things from the paleolithic era to modern day. Focusing on unheard people groups and learning as we go, Free the Music is music education: for free.

    003 Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Persia

    003 Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Persia

    Episode Notes
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    What is the oldest known piece of music? - history. (n.d.). Retrieved February 6, 2023, from https://www.history.com/news/what-is-the-oldest-known-piece-of-music
    Ancient Egyptian music - facts for kids. History for kids. (2020, January 4). Retrieved February 4, 2023, from https://www.historyforkids.net/egyptian-music.html
    Wikimedia Foundation. (2022, November 23). Music of egypt. Wikipedia. Retrieved February 4, 2023, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Egypt
    Draffkorn Kilmer, .Anne"The Musical Instruments from Ur and Ancient Mesopotamian Music" Expedition Magazine 40.2 (1998): n. pag. Expedition Magazine. Penn Museum, 1998 Web. 04 Feb 2023
    Wikimedia Foundation. (2023, January 10). Hurrian songs. Wikipedia. Retrieved February 4, 2023, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurrian_songs

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    Minisode 002 - Half Steps, Whole Steps and Modes

    Minisode 002 - Half Steps, Whole Steps and Modes

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    Minisode 001 - Rhythm

    Minisode 001 - Rhythm

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    002 Australia, China and India

    002 Australia, China and India

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    Wikimedia Foundation. (2023, February 5). Music of china. Wikipedia. Retrieved February 8, 2023, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_China**

    The didgeridoo and aboriginal culture. Aboriginal Art & Culture Alice Springs Australia. (n.d.). Retrieved February 4, 2023, from https://www.aboriginalart.com.au/didgeridoo/what_is.html
    Wikimedia Foundation. (2022, December 3).

    Indigenous Music of Australia. Wikipedia. Retrieved February 4, 2023, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_music_of_Australia

    Ravanhatha the musical instrument - आथुन. Aathun. (2021, April 16). Retrieved February 6, 2023, from https://aathun.com/instruments/ravanhatha-the-musical-instrument/
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpxN2VXPMLc

    Ancient Chinese Instruments - Fernald, Helen E. (Dec 1926). Retrieved February 7, 2023, from https://www.penn.museum/sites/journal/1401/

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    001 Paleolithic Music

    001 Paleolithic Music

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     https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divje_Babe_flute

    Hogenboom, M. (2013, December 20). Neanderthals could speak like modern humans, study suggests. BBC News. Retrieved February 20, 2022, from https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-25465102

    Fuller-Wright, L. (2017, October 12). Uncovering the sound of 'Motherese,' Baby talk across languages. Princeton University. Retrieved February 22, 2022, from https://www.princeton.edu/news/2017/10/12/uncovering-sound-motherese-baby-talk-across-languages

    National Museum of Slovenia (n.d.). Neanderthal flute. NMS. Retrieved February 26, 2022, from https://www.nms.si/en/collections/highlights/343-Neanderthal-flute

    Unknown. (n.d.). Male harp player of the early Spedos type (Getty Museum). The J. Paul Getty in Los Angeles. Retrieved March 11, 2022, from https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/10949/unknown-maker-male-harp-player-of-the-early-spedos-type-cycladic-2700-2300-bc/

    The Irish Times, U. (2013, February 23). Wicklow Pipes Bronze Age Music. The Irish Times. Retrieved March 11, 2022, from https://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/wicklow-pipes-bronze-age-music-1.1207382

     Prehistoric flute in Germany is oldest known. Phys.org. Retrieved March 11, 2022, from https://phys.org/news/2009-06-prehistoric-flute-germany-oldest.html

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    • 7 min
    Syllabus - Trailer 002

    Syllabus - Trailer 002

    Episode Notes
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