Barbiton
Imagine you want to make music but you don't have any gadgets like a guitar or a piano or even a ukulele. But you've got a long piece of wood and some strings in your hand. You can make a Barbiton!
A Barbiton is a really old musical instrument that was used way back in ancient Greece. It was a long piece of wood that had some strings stretched across it. The strings were held tight by a tailpiece at the bottom of the Barbiton. The strings were then plucked or strummed to create musical notes.
It's kind of like a guitar, but instead of the shape of a guitar, Barbiton looked more like a bow. It was held upright and the strings were plucked or strummed with one hand. The other hand could press down on the strings to make different notes.
Barbiton was played in ancient Greek music concerts or events. People would gather to listen to the beautiful music produced by the Barbiton. Today, Barbiton is rarely used to make music because we have other modern gadgets to make music. But in the past, Barbiton was the coolest gadget people had for music-making!
A Barbiton is a really old musical instrument that was used way back in ancient Greece. It was a long piece of wood that had some strings stretched across it. The strings were held tight by a tailpiece at the bottom of the Barbiton. The strings were then plucked or strummed to create musical notes.
It's kind of like a guitar, but instead of the shape of a guitar, Barbiton looked more like a bow. It was held upright and the strings were plucked or strummed with one hand. The other hand could press down on the strings to make different notes.
Barbiton was played in ancient Greek music concerts or events. People would gather to listen to the beautiful music produced by the Barbiton. Today, Barbiton is rarely used to make music because we have other modern gadgets to make music. But in the past, Barbiton was the coolest gadget people had for music-making!