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The History of Music in Erinn (2)

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The History of Music in Erinn (2)[1]
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A book on the history of music in Erinn. Read this book carefully to raise the Musical Knowledge Skill from E to D.

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- The History of Erinn's Music (2) -


written by Loraize

The introduction of music scores brought an age of development for music in these 3 ways.

First, the previous 5 note scale evolved to our modern 7 note scale. There were a lot of opinions and debates regarding the notation of music, but in the end, the 7 note scale provided to give more freedom of expression.

Secondly, with the incorporation of the 7 note scale, various instruments begin emerging. Along with the creativity in human expression, an opportunity for manufacturing creativity was born. After the creation of these various instruments, it bred a new style of music of collaborating multiple instruments for enhanced sound. Thus, music began to emphasize on the emotional and sensual aspects. To think that the root of this development was in narrative quality of music seems a bit ironic.

Thirdly, as people were taught how to handle an instrument and how to read music, even people that weren't music prodigies were able to participate in the joy of playing music. This brought upon the expansion of music, which also expanded and begin developing industries related to music, instrument manufacturing, and academia relating to music.

The development of music exponentially progressed as the Tuatha de Dananns appeared in Ulaid. They are still contributing to the development of music today. This period was a time where emotions were taken out of music and used as a tool for war. As a consequence, many wind-instruments were developed and some say this period was not a developmental era for music as a whole.

Although this opinion is meaningful when considering music as a pure sound, but it is still important that both Mag Tuired battles between humans and monsters have been recorded and passed down through the form of music. There is common theme in the music from both wars, such as the threat of evil and fear, the courage of those who face them as well as the blessing of the gods. It also contains the great battle between the humans and monsters, and the glory of victory and other similar themes.

These songs have been spread widely through bards. People have labeled these songs which talk about the great warriors and heroes as Mabinogi. Soon after, they began referring to the bards who sang of these stories as Mabinogi as well. This is partly the reason why people are familiar with Mabinogi but have a hard time defining what it is

Mabinogi...it wouldn't be an overstatement to say that it contains most of Erinn's music history.

(To be continued.)