The Iambic Rhythm (#4) | Ancient Rhythms Decoded by LyreAcademy.com

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Did you know that almost every modern rhythm originates from three ancient ones? Let's discover one of them, the ancient Greek Iambic rhythm!
In that mini-series with LyreAcademy.com and Lina Palera, a world-renowned lyre player, we are trying to unlock the secrets of the ancient rhythms, diving into the remaining fragments of Aristoxenus's monumental work "Elements of Rhythm", and using our lyre to put this ancient theory into practice.

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🖋 Title: Iambic Rhythm (Episode 4)
➿ Mini-series: Ancient Rhythms Decoded (5 episodes)
⏱ Duration: 7min 29sec
🎥 Film d'auteur: Nikolaos Koumartzis

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📜 Episode 4 - Transcription

I would teach children music [...] for the patterns in music and all the arts are the keys to learning. ― Plato

Welcome to episode FOUR of this mini-series, where we explore the ancient Greek rhythms, trying to unlock the secrets of their origins, and putting them into practice by using our lyre!
So far, we are already familiar with Aristoxenus and his monumental work "Elements of Rhythm", we know about the relationship between melody and rhythm, what we can and what we cannot perceive as rhythmical.
What's more, we covered what is "thesis" and "arsis" for the ancient Greeks, and we have already discussed in detail what is Daktylikos rhythm. So, now, is the turn of the second ancient rhythm, the Iamvikos, from which many modern rhythms originate from!

In case you haven't already, watch the first three episodes of this series before going any further! For those who are still here with me, let's dive more into the ocean of ancient Greek music theory.

As we discussed already, there are three generative ancient rhythms:
Daktylikos or Daktylic rhythm
Iamvikos or Iambic rhythm
Paionikos or Paeonic rhythm

So, what is Iamvikos rhythm, according to Aristoxenus? Its name comes from the Greek word "iambus" or "iamvizein", which means to threaten, to abuse. Quite a peculiar name for a rhythm, isn't it?
The ancient Greeks were quite descriptive in their language, and this is the case with Iamvikos rhythm. It was called like this because satiric verses in Classical Greece were mainly in Iambic metre!

In its essence, this rhythm is in uneven proportion. And what do we mean by that? It consists of a one-time ‘thesis’ and two–time ‘arsis’, or, in other words, we have a ratio of 1:2 between "thesis" and ‘arsis’
Take for example the 3/4 rhythm.
One -Two Three

We cannot divide 3/4 rhythm into two equals parts, as we have one long note and then one short note. The same goes for these rhythms too:
3/4
3/8
9/8

What all these rhythms have in common is that they cannot be divided into two equals parts, as they consist of one short and one long note.

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And they are all originated from one ancient generative rhythm, the one called Iamvikos!

One more ancient rhythm to go, and let me tell you that this is the most complicated of them all!
In the next episode, we are going to see in detail the Paionikos rhythm, the origins of its name, the rhythmic ratio that it follows, we are going to give examples, and of course, put them into practice using our lyre!
Quite a journey so far, don't you think?

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So, see you in the next, final, episode!