1. Medieval Music and Musicians
Patrick Elliott

2. Instruments of Medieval times
• The Lute was an instrument used in medieval
times.
• The lute was the main soloing instrument of
the 15th century, but was still used to
accompany singers.

3. The Guitar
• The guitar had been evolving for thousands of
years, the models used in the Medieval times
were the guitarra morisca and the guitarra
Latina.

4. Viol
• The Viol is an ancestor of our modern day
violins, fiddles and cellos.
• The Viol was invented around 1450.
• Unlike a violin of today, which is tuned to
perfect 5ths, the Viol is tuned to perfect 4ths.
• These instruments sometimes had frets.

5. Medieval Musicians
• Medieval times saw a huge increase in culture
and the Arts of the people.
• Society started to become less warlike and
more focused on culture leading the way for
Musicians to feel safe practicing their trade.

6. Medieval Musicians
• The number of musical instruments of this
time was massive, and the blending of
cultures, brought on by the crusades, lead
musicians to be influenced by a number of
things.
• Due to the increase in interest of the arts and
music, it was not unacceptable for both men
and women being trained as musicians.

7. Medieval Musicians
• The Troubadours were travelling
musicians, they travelled both from village
and sometimes even traveled abroad.
• The Troubadours eventually became
assimilated into the nobility, playing for Kings
and Lords instead of commoners.
• Their music mostly dealt with Chivalry and
Courtly love.

8. Works Cited
• http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute/lute
.html
• http://www.thejazzfestival.net/showarticle?id
=109580
• http://www.thejazzfestival.net/showarticle?id
=109580
• http://www.medieval-life-and-
times.info/medieval-music/musicians.htm