Aulos (music)
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The aulos (in Greek old αὐλός / aulós ) is old a Musical instrument with wind. The musician is called a Aulète.
It is a kind of Hautbois made up of Roseau X, composed of a double pipe and equipped with a sheer. It was used under the Antiquité, and particularly at the Greek S. It is opposed to the flageolet shepherds, the Syrinx, which does not have a sheer, and thus is sometimes described as noble flute.
According to the legend, she was invented by Athéna itself. But the goddess, being seen that to blow in the flute deformed its features, throws it to far. The aulos is recovered by the Satyre Marsyas which used it in its contest against Apollon, which played of the Lyre.
In fact, the aulos is not an instrument snuffed of noble the Athenian. Alcibiade rejects it for the same reason as Athéna. The aulos is especially an instrument of professional musicians. It is used in the banquets, with the funeral or during the religious sacrifices. In other cities, the aulos is more in vogue: Thèbes was a famous center, and Sparte, the aulos plays the part of the fifre in the Western armies with the modern time: it rate/rhythm rate for the soldiers and is used as support for the songs of walk.
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