Tag Archives: technique

Pydna Aulos Exploration 1

Posted on 31 August 2020 by Benjamin Peters

Hello, My name is Ben Peters, and I’m just starting up on playing the Pydna Aulos. These videos that I will be posting every once in a while will be not only a record of my learning, but also a … Continue reading →

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Practising episode 2: Seikilos song & tounging

Posted on 1 March 2016 by Barnaby Brown

I’m having fun with the Seikilos song, prompted by a collaboration  with Aleksandra Szypowska. I met her last month in Mark his Words, a semi-staged dramatisation of St Mark’s Gospel in Greek, by Patrick Boyde, in which we were both performing. … Continue reading →

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Thumb Exercises

Posted on 27 March 2014 by Barnaby Brown

The biggest task I face learning the aulos is training my thumbs to have the same facility as my fingers. On the launeddas, the thumbs take the weight of the instrument, liberating the fingers to do the fancy work. Most … Continue reading →

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