Rennaisance Explorers

The most well-known Rennaisance explorer is Chroistopher Columbus. He "discovered" America in 1492. He was born in Italy in 1451, he died in 1506. He believed the world was round, not flat, which was the popular belief of the time. Columbus sailed on the Santa Maria to America where he found America and residents who he called "Indians" because he believed he had discovered India. Fredinand Magellan went to offer his his services to the king of Spain in 1512. He was inspired by Columbus to prove that the Spice Islands were on the Spanish of the line of Demarcation between Spain and Portugal. In 1521 Magellan was killed in a fight between local natives while on the Spice Islands. Marco Polo was an explorer who slightly precede the Rennaisance era, but he was a great influence on the explorers of the Rennaisance era, such as Columbus. Sir Walter Raleigh was an explorer, but more than that he was a real Rennaisance man. In addition to being an explorer he was also an artistrocrat, writer, poet, soldier, courtier, and explorer. He was executed  He was executed by beheading 1618. He funded his own voyage. He planned for colonation in the "Colony and Dominion of Virginia" ended in failure at Roanoke Island, but it paved the way for subsequent colonies.

Going Medieval

Medieval music is music creating during the Middle Ages. The exact beginning and end of this era is hazy and not definite. Very few pieces of manuscript depicting written music from this era exists. Little was produced at the time because of the cost associated with it. And no, Keith Richards isn't a relic from the Medieval era. hahahahahah ....that wasn't funny. In the medieval era they upgraded from the bone flute to the wood flute. The foundations of music theory originate in this era, as it made it easier for music to passed around the world. Most people think of Medieval music as being European. While a majority of it is indeed European, there is Medieval music from Asia and other parts of the world. Little is heard about this or known about it, but it was there. The troubadors and trouveres made music was a vernacular tradition of monophonic secular song.

I lay traps for troubadours who get killed before they reach Bombay. - Sympathy for the Devil - The Rolling Stones

Let's all get up and dance to a song that was a hit before your ancient ancestors were born

In the days before the banana bass and the theremin... there were bone flutes and kitharas.

Ancient music is the very origins of music in general and the basis of all music that has come since. Ancient music can be dated from the very beginning of man (or man-like creatures) to 600 A.D. Bone flutes are the first instruments ever, at least according to recent discoveries. Gregorian chants are among the first form of music which date back to around 5000 BC. Stone tablets have been discovered in Mesopotamia dating back to 2000 BC that depict an early form of written music. These depict the earliest form of melodies ever discovered. The kithara, a precursor to the guitar, came into existance around this general era as well. Pieces of harps have been discovered in the ancient city of Ur.

Bone Flute Picture

And here is an image of one of those legendary bone flutes.

Got Me a Bone Flute

Here's an interesting article from National Geographic about the bone flute.

Here you go with the bone flute jazz


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