A guide to medieval and renaissance instruments - Get the Beat of Music Online

Instructor, Jan-Feb, 2003 by Cindy Kicielinski

www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/antiqua/instrumt.html

This fantastic site features musical instruments that were played during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Click on an instrument's name to view it, read about it, and listen to a sound clip. The unique instruments will delight students, and names such as "hurdygurdy" will surely provoke some giggles! Visit this site to complement a unit on the Renaissance, and to enhance a literary unit on Shakespeare's England and the music of the Elizabethan theater.