How do we know what music sounded like in ancient cultures?
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We don’t really as accurate musical notation was not developed until around the the late middle ages and renaissance in Europe. Fun fact: The Catholic Church developed the basic idea of staves, notes, and other basic music notation found in modern music notation. It all stemmed from them wanting to standardize the chants of the Church. Instruments were not originally allowed, and to this day we call voice-only music a capella (in the manner of the church.)
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