Talk:Seikilos epitaph

message: I created the score and midi using lilypond so that people who are more knowledgable on ancient greek music can write the actual article.  If you follow the link to the score image, you will get the source code for lilypond if you want to make edits.  You could also load the midi into a midi based editor or run it through the guido noteserver to get guido code to edit.  Or leave me a message and I will fix any errors and reupload the files.
I've also heard media files on the web that have this melody set to chords, but I don't know enough to know whether the chords are accurate or supposition.  If they're accurate, I'll add them to the files too.
--Chinasaur 21:39, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: As far as I know--as far as current research shows--there is no reliable evidence for any kind of chordal accompaniment in any ancient Greek music.  There is a bit of conflicting evidence about use of a drone (though it sure sounds good to play it with one) but even this is usually disputed.  At any rate the tune chiseled on the stone is purely monophonic.  Good work putting this up!  Antandrus 21:54, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Unititled

message: I'm not sure why older compositions are mentioned? This is not an article on ancient musical compositions, but a specific composition.   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.182.43.213 (talk) 23:26, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  I agree, it's irrelevant and it's clearly also a controversial claim. This article is not the place to expound on various hypotheses. So, two good reasons for removing it. Abvgd (talk) 00:56, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  No reason to mention older compositions 

message: The score was written in modern-day D major, which is at odds with the midi tune, that appears to be in Aeolian mode (no C#). I wonder if there was a mistake. If so, it could be easily fixed by keeping the notes and change the key to C Major. Of course, the midi tune could be wrong...
AlRomariz 01:08, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds right to me.  Both the score and the MIDI tune are exactly the same, and correct.  Remember it starts and ends on E.  Both contained a C#.  What exactly seemed not right?  Antandrus  (talk) 01:10, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Score error? 

message: I've added the greek text of both the song and the "statement".Had to change the style a bit to line by line original text-transliteration-translation.Punctuation used was the one of the already present score image.Any objections???
Thanatos|talk 01:26, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Greek text addition 

message: I think it's noteworthy that the melody is used as the basis for Nero (Peter Ustinov)'s song in the film "Quo Vadis". Unfortunately, I hdon't have a citeable quote, only this video: Youtube Perhaps somebody knows where to look for information to back this up... -- megA (talk) 16:31, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I found a reference. --Error (talk) 18:50, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quo Vadis 

message: I don't understand why the sound sample is using equal-temperament which didn't exist at the time. Angry bee (talk) 22:05, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: 12-tet is actually a fairly good approximation of the ptomelaic scale. However, I honestly don't know how the people who wrote this down knew the scale that was being used or approximated it in 12-tet, as the article doesn't go into their methodology.108.131.77.13 (talk) 06:29, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  MIDI 

message: The Scholarly Views section is unnecessarily technical and dense. I appreciate highly detailed information as much as the next user, but this either needs expansion for clarification or editing down for readability. It’s absurdly opaque to non-specialist readers. 166.198.161.75 (talk) 00:31, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think the information itself is that complex, but I agree that the tone in which its written (and some of the chosen vocabulary) does lean much specialist than widely accessible vocab. The lack of links doesn't help either, neither does the lack of context. Aza24 (talk) 06:25, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Scholarly Views section too scholarly?