(monday) history in your game

the bard-ish life-

tired of every bard you meet p[laying the same lute? here is a list of some cool instruments, and pics - http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/antiqua/instrumt.html

early music faq.- The web's largest reference for European Medieval and Renaissance music- http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/

the gregorian chant page- http://www.music.princeton.edu/chant_html/

if we are doing the gregorians, i imagine equal time demands byzantine chants too?- http://www.0wned.org/~pavlos/

music theory, 3rd to 17th centuries- http://www.music.indiana.edu/tml/

tone of medieval music links- http://classicalmus.hispeed.com/medieval.html

the rauschpfeife- http://www.lesession.co.uk/rauschpfeife/

the oud (you can buy an oud cd here)- http://kairarecords.com/oudpage/Oud.htm

an even better pic page of all kinds of med. musical instruments- http://www.volny.cz/weytora/gb/ins.htm

but bards don't just sing and play- here are some old cool poems- http://www.islamic-paths.org/Home/English/Discover/Poems/Poems_Moorish.htm

and some more- http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/640hangedpoems.html

and more poems- http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_poetry

more next week, be good

Reminds me of my Music History class

The two of us who were History Majors were granted freedom from the final; the prof was just trying to get the Music Major to pass.

"Jerry, can you identify a Gregorian Chant by now?"

"Sure, Prof! That's the one with the crazy backbeat! BaboomboomdabuhboomPISH!"

Oh, good links, by the way!

thanks wombat.

obnoxius bump.