2 Hours of Peaceful Ancient Greek Harp Music

[@Rex-om4dt]

Achilles playing to Patroclus by the ocean under a tree. Patroclus has his back against the tree just listening to Achilles play. His fingers lightly plucking the strings as the ocean waves crash in the background.

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

That's a nice atmosphere you paint there bro :)

[@Rex-om4dt]

@@hanschristiaanhylkema thank u

[@goldfinger-9992]

And Apollo watches on, the god of stringed instruments 😢

[@Rex-om4dt]

Now after everything they went through they’re doing this from the heavens. Where nothing can hurt them.

[@ameliag2]

haha i’m literally reading the song of achilles rn to this music lmao

[@sally-annehunt8820]

POV: Youre cramming for your western civ exam and this is the only thing keeping you sane

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Glad I've been able to contribute to your sanity with this compostion! :D

[@Mikael004]

Facts.

[@christosrizos461]

hahahah funny aNSWER. I like it

[@brogadierthethird7790]

Funny enough, my WC professor's last name was Western lol. Cool dude.

[@YeshuaIsTheTruth]

Hope you did well!

[@avilesandres]

I put this music before sleeping and I dreamt that I was in ancient Greece. Five stars.

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Thanks! That was what I was going for with this track so I'm really glad you can enjoy it that way! :)

[@ernestoloaiza1609]

Listening this while reading Odyssey, thanks

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

And thank you for your nice comment :)

[@raulpr777]

There are 2 famous scenes where Odysseus starts to cry while he listens to Demodocus, the bard or minstrel at the court of Alcinous. In more modern illustrations, Demodocus is depicted with a harp.

[@chiwaiedward5518]

God bless you random person scrolling down the comments!

[@meusisto]

God bless you too.

[@Ashtarvs-kr6gp]

Lol

[@jessecruz7835]

You too!

[@itzplant3196]

May the gods watch over you!

[@semihcorbaci]

I'm an atheist but OK. God bless you too, dude. :)

[@hidude8208]

i play this as an offering to apollo, thank you for it, he loves it!

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Oh wow, I feel honored! ^_^

[@cletusburgerboy9143]

LARPagan.

[@jackrowe9695]

Awesome 👏🏼 I was just playing this next to my altar of God Apollo and Goddess Diana. Since they of course work great together, they’re on the same altar together.

[@Theshroomgirl]

Bro samsies!

[@PersonaNonGrataGrecia]

Thank you for respecting the ancient Greek music. I enjoy what you've written.

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Thanks for the compliment Ioanna!

[@alexgabriel5423]

We know that the Byzantine modes or HXOI are modified ancient modes that recipes for melodies. Often people read ancient notation and the results are very simple melodies that do not fit the high degree of skill seen in the sculpture of that period. Most likely the notation gives us only a simplified scheme of the melody. The Greek kithara was shown by P Pringle to produce microtones like you can get by using the lever on an electrical guitar. This shows that the construction of the kithara enabled the player to make very many pitches....a lot more than could be notated by the ancient Greek symbols for instrumental music.

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

@@alexgabriel5423 Thanks for the info Alex. I know Peter Pringle but I didn't know he showed that the kithara was able to produce microtones. With all this extra knowledge I'm motivated to compose a more authentic sounding ancient Greek track, but I'll have to find the time for that first. :)

[@G.E.F.3]

🙏🏻🌹🇬🇷💖🙋🏻‍♀️

[@christianevdc7623]

Is there any sheet music to play ourself please? Thank you....

[@Reha-km1yo]

It feels so good while studying Ancient Greek language!

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

I'm glad to hear that, guy with an appropriate historical name :)

[@pinchevulpes]

All hail Alexander

[@jm1979mx]

IT FEELS BETTER IN 432HZ TUNING AS 440 MODERN TUNING IS A SATANIC DISTORTED FREQUENCY BY DESIGN TO KEEP OUR BRAINS ON STUPID. THE TRUTH WILL SET US FREE.

[@topazbutterfly1853]

Modern Greek is hard as stone (I study), but Ancient Greek is just impossible. After seeing what it is about, I never complained about Latin ever again. God protect your poor brain cells and give you the patience needed.

[@brucknerian9664]

Got the acropolis set as my windows background ... never will change it for anything else; Greece may be rocky, but it's beautiful ... like this music.

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Sounds like you have a nice atmosphere going on on your desktop. I'd love to visit Greece and the acropolis one day...

[@aetherion7]

"Greece may be rocky", wtf.

[@ayladonson8627]

He's right. I live there: less populated cities and islands are beautiful to live at, but Athens itself is a huge concrete mess and so are a lot of urban areas. It depresses the hell out of me.

[@youwase]

@@aetherion7 As a greek yes Greece is definitely "rocky" .There is no single place without mountain near.

[@youwase]

Even my house is builded on top of rock like most houses for earthquake protection.

[@ethanzaleski4841]

If you dislike you’re a Titan. And I’ll send you to Tartarus.

[@paulmanzan4357]

Anyone else here reading The Song of Achillies as they cry to the music? Just me?

[@alstroemeria150]

Literally reading it right now and listening to this 😭❤️

[@mintedoeslife6955]

Yep 🥲

[@YeshuaIsTheTruth]

Is Song of Achilles sad?

[@paulmanzan4357]

@@YeshuaIsTheTruth not particularly. I guess its just the ending that brings me to tears. It's a historical retelling with added romance of the tale of Achilles, and I think everyone knows how that went.

[@YeshuaIsTheTruth]

@@paulmanzan4357 I could see that. I haven't read it, but I was just curious. And yeah I could see the Achilles heel being a pretty sad part.

[@sanfiora6537]

Llistening to this gem while doing a project about the ancient Greek banquets. “Let us be merry and drink wine and sing of Bacchos” (Dionysus), God of wine.

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Thanks for your cool comment! If you like bacchanales, you might also like my version of Seikilos' Song. It can be also found on my channel and is sometimes described as a "skolion" or "drinking" song. ;)

[@sanfiora6537]

@@hanschristiaanhylkema I'll check it out! Also the corresponding "Bacchanalia" in Ancient Greece was The Great Dionysia. It came through the Great Greek colonization in South Italy.

[@meedabuhuh3084]

Lady Athena sends her blessings x

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

I am humbled ^_^

[@cletusburgerboy9143]

LARPagan

[@meedabuhuh3084]

@@cletusburgerboy9143 lmao what???

[@giovanicastellani1545]

I’m listening while reading the Bible, thank you very much. It transports me to the time of Paul in Greece ❤

[@jairolondono6824]

14 Dislikes from the Persian Empire. Down with Xerxes.

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

I really should read up on my classics. You guys post really cool comments and I want to be able to appreciate them even more. :)

[@cameron7441]

Glory to Sparta 🇬🇷

[@reozen8727]

it is your provocative comment makes me do thumbed-down, you moron.

[@cameron7441]

@@reozen8727 lmao

[@parisjej]

O wow 😂🤣😭

[@Aristotles.daughter]

As a Greek I realize its a very good job! Seikilos will be very pleased with it! We both thank you!

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Ah, that's a nice compliment! :) Thank you too!

[@Aristotles.daughter]

@@hanschristiaanhylkema Μy pleasure! When you visit Athens for holidays, come along to show you where to find the Kallirhoe Spring, hidden behind the temple of Zeus downtown and get some water for good luck and inpirations. At Kallirhoe spring Socrates and Plato used to go for meditation. And who knows, if you are lucky, you may loose time and find inner peace and see the fairies dancing through the pine trees! 🎶🌲🏛️

[@ΔΕΣΠΟΙΝΑΣΗΜΑΔΟΠΟΥΛΟΥ]

It is in the air we breathe, in the water we drink, the food we eat- yet many times we do not feel this magical rythm. Thank you for bringing it back to life.

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Thank you! And you describe it beautifully!

[@odimor382]

I’m currently reading The odyssey and I love it and everything related to the Ancient Greek things/culture

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Indeed! I think I should read up more on ancient Greek culture too. Then I can make even more of these kind of tracks inspired by Greek history.

[@jonathanfarrell219]

Excellent for background music whilst I read Herodotus, thank you.

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

That's cool to hear :) and you're welcome!

[@kristypapa7444]

Herodotus I miss it at school was a must

[@Paparoulis]

Γειά σας from Greece! 🇬🇷

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Thanks for stopping by! Maybe I will stop by Greece in the future since I like its music and culture very much. :)

[@Paparoulis]

@@hanschristiaanhylkema You're very much welcome here! 😀

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

@@Paparoulis :D

[@dominikaola8508]

I feel like l was in an ancient mythical Greece. Thank you for such a divine music❤

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

And thank you for your nice compliment! That's the feeling I was going for :)

[@depressedhamburger4880]

listening to this while reading the argonautica aloud has made the experience even better.

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Oh cool! I always like it when people use my music for other activities than just listening. Music can surely add another dimension to a story.

[@zzg5510]

Magic... so beautiful.... Thank you from a scholar of Ancient Greece ....

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Thank you ZZ! And studying Ancient Greece seems like a very interesting thing to do!

[@MrShenhai]

Hi again! I just want to tell you that, for me, this is the most beautiful video that exists on the Internet. Many times over the past year, I have found myself returning to this video whenever I most needed to do some deep inner reflection and really focus on moral improvement. The music -- how do I even begin to describe how exquisite it is? -- is the most sublime composition I have ever encountered. It makes me think of immortality, forget all the pettiness I've ever felt in my daily life, and, for a brief moment, be completely invulnerable to emotions of sadness, envy, and anger. Your music paints a picture of a perfect soul, the kind of soul I want to have. I don't listen simply for pleasure. In fact, I only put it on when I am in the mood for serious thinking and self-interrogation. To listen to this music without striving for edification seems (to me, at least) to not do your talents justice. Of course, the images of both nature and architecture also make me more appreciative of life and creativity in general. I could go and on and I know I sound a bit crazy, but I want you to know what a fabulous job you have done with this composition. Plato himself would be captivated by it.

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Hello MrShengai, thank you so much for your beautiful comment! The truth is that I made this specific composition without much thinking, actually more like a partly intuïtive improvisation. That makes it a more fluid and perhaps simpler composition compared to my other compositions. But I wanted to channel a specific ancient etheric sound and it seems that resonated well with you. I really like the fact that you use the harmonies I've provided here to retune your mind into harmony again. I think striving for beauty and harmony in life is a good way to develop both your creative skills and your character. So I'm really happy that what I've put into this music resonated with you so deeply. Thanks again for your beautful comment, for listening and for sharing your thoughts with us. Happy new year by the way! :)

[@AlbertSergei]

I love this video as well - but I would contend that this composition is the most beautiful Ancient Greek music on the internet: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2eUY2OHhNGmnLc

[@KarianneHylkema]

I would never have guessed this song would get the most plays here on youtube. You have songs that are so much more melodic and atmospheric, like 'The hidden people', 'Someday' or 'The pyramid prophecy'. Hopefully people will discover your other work too, and I'm not saying that as your sister but as your fan :)

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

I agree :P There's much better stuff on my channel which has somehow less views.

[@marykontogianni492]

👍🎶...magic!.. 🌹

[@thepansexual1305]

When they throw parties on Mt. Olympus, this is what they jam to. Like, you get to Heaven and your like, “wow god! This music is lovely!” And he just goes, “Nah, that’s Mt. Olympus. We jam to 80’s rock in here” Bro, I’d cry 😂

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Haha, you have a rich imagination which is a good thing I think. And maybe they play this song in heaven but I've heard they play more electronic stuff there like Jean Michel Jarré which is also nice I guess. :)

[@thepansexual1305]

@@hanschristiaanhylkema They jam to all three tbh. Your normal people are jamming to nice soft music... and then us gays are in our rooms doing stupid Tik tok dances and crying about how we wanted to actually go to Hell so that we could revolt against Satan and be the true rulers. Our day will come someday :,)

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

@@thepansexual1305 Haha I see, good luck with that! :)

[@thepansexual1305]

@@hanschristiaanhylkema Thanks for this continued convo btw :) Makes me happy that someone wants to reply

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

@@thepansexual1305 Well, it's always an honor when someone takes the time to leave a comment to a video you made so as long as there's not to many comments I like to read them all and reply to them :)

[@AGGELIAFOROS]

In case you did not know, harps in ancient Greece were played using a bow on the main, for a more continuous sound, like violas and similar chord instruments

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Nicos, I didn't know that, that's really interesting! I will definitely look up more on that topic since I really like ancient bowed instruments. And such a sound might be inspiration for a new ancient Greek ambient track!

[@AGGELIAFOROS]

@@hanschristiaanhylkema if you need some help let me know.

[@AGGELIAFOROS]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpnXkouFe9SUn5o

[@AGGELIAFOROS]

Study the details on the "photos" at points: 1.39.16, 1.41.05, 1.41.49. They are dated 500 - 400 BC. The interview is about multi facet harmony according to Pythagoras, Plato, Heiraklitos.

[@Centauri10]

Perhaps I can find the peace of mind and soul that my heart yearns for right now. Maybe this could wash away all the pain, confusion, and grudge. Maybe music can heal me tonight and help me to sleep.

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Thank you for your comment. I hope you do find that peace but I believe it's not just a matter of hope. Sometimes all you need is something that is so captivating that you keep thinking about it and those nice thoughts drown out the negative thoughts. That is really a powerful thing. For example: Last few weeks I've been trying to play the Rohan theme from the Lord of the Rings soundtrack on my viola. I've spent a lot of time listening and playing that tune which means that I think a lot about that beautiful peace of music and the movie it was from. And after a few days I've noticed there's less space in my head for worrying and I feel inspired by this little musical project and therefore in a good mood. So hopefully you get inspired as well by some music or other beautiful thing online or in your life and experience the healing that comes with that :)

[@rodneydawn4134]

Thank you, as a Hellenic Pagan myself, I enjoyed this very much :)

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Glad to hear that Rodney! :)

[@rodneydawn4134]

@@hanschristiaanhylkema It really is a shame there is so little ancient Hellenic music on youtube. Having the proper music sets the feel and gets mind body and spirit in tune for ritual, and for meditation as well.

[@rodneydawn4134]

but anyway yeah my wife Molly and I are pretty hard Recon, and even had a traditional ancient Hellenic wedding.

[@rodneydawn4134]

my wife Molly and I are pretty hardcore Hellenic, even make the pilgrimage to Athens once a year (cause we live in Paducah KY ) to be closer to the Divine

[@rodneydawn4134]

We actually had a traditional Ancient Hellenic wedding, That was prohibiitively expensive, but it was a beautiful experience, and more than worth any material cost

[@ywahyeah4760]

Howdy! I play this every night to help me to sleep! Thank you for this, it's helped quite a deal with my insomnia

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Hey there! Thanks for your nice comment, it's really good to hear that listening to my song has done you good! :)

[@Ashtarvs-kr6gp]

Me 2

[@jpraise6771]

Remember that whatever you may be going through has an end. God is life. God cares for you.

[@SieHuntPaulx3]

I love the mixolydian mode, it’s so peaceful. Ionic is just too much energy sometimes lol.

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

I agree, mixolydian has a slightly more nuanced feel than ionic. So when I "discovered" the mixolydian mode, I just had to compose something in it, because it's nice to know how you can compose something happy and peaceful without sounding it like a standard major pop tune.

[@Vanillaqyoo]

This is just so perfectly beautiful, thank you !! ✨🕊

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Thanks Vanilla, that means a lot to me! ^_^

[@Vanillaqyoo]

@@hanschristiaanhylkema No problem !! X Love from Cyprus & Greece :D

[@MahiAviation]

Simply incredible, no other way to phrase it

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Thanks Mahimahi! ^_^

[@bodymindjournals8415]

Beautiful, profound, excellent, magnificent. A rare gift. Thank you.

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Thanks for the nice compliment! ^_^

[@despilks]

Amazing! This is real music.

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Thanks! :) And your avatar is also very cool. I really need to play that game someday.

[@Spartacusbc-ki8tg]

@@hanschristiaanhylkema what game is that

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

@@Spartacusbc-ki8tg Deus Ex, not the more recent ones but it's the main character J.C. Denton from the first game.

[@Spartacusbc-ki8tg]

@@hanschristiaanhylkema thanks!

[@nonenoneonenonenone]

No, it's spaced-out ambient drug music without musical value.

[@mamanandrew1722]

I Love Greek culture 我喜欢希腊文化 Because it gives freedom .. 给人带来自由（freedom） well... i don't like anything tie me down i love God i don't know who he is but i can feel it so i love Greek its peace💯

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Thanks for your uplifting comment :) I sometimes feel that ancient cultures such as the ancient Greek where living on a higher frequency or something like that. And listening to the music of such a culture can conjure up that frequency/feeling. Is that something you also experience when you listen to Greek music?

[@mamanandrew1722]

@@hanschristiaanhylkema The dreamer is happy, I am tired of the modern bustling society, only playing those dusty ancient music, I feel that I am spiritual, is the son of nature. Like you're like me right？

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

@@mamanandrew1722 I think I know what you mean. Ancient music has something that modern music doesn't have and playing/listening to such music can transport us back to simpler times.

[@G.E.F.3]

🙏🏻❤️🇬🇷🙋🏻‍♀️

[@themarcazard]

I love looping things indefinitely.

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Well I'm glad for all the view hours you provide me with all the looping :D And thanks for commenting!

[@depyk7989]

Divine music for absolute relaxation!!!Greetings from Greece my friends!

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Thanks for your positive comment and greetings back from The Netherlands!

[@atlanta9286]

Im writing a philosophy statement, that will hopefully help me get into university....this music has helped me write so much....thank you for bringing calmness to my ears, otherwise I know I would of struggled to write. Thank you once again 😊🥰

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Thanks for the nice compliment! I'm glad my music helped you in some way! And it's interesting to hear my music is used for all kinds of interesting things :)

[@thelocalnecromancer1224]

So, did you make it into university? Hope you did!

[@atlanta9286]

@@thelocalnecromancer1224 sadly not but im trying again this year......fingers crossed though 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

[@thelocalnecromancer1224]

@@atlanta9286 Hope you make it!

[@atlanta9286]

@@thelocalnecromancer1224 aww thank you 😊 ☺ 💖

[@lorenzocerrato7279]

Studying Plato while listening to this music is terrific

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Cool! I should study Plato someday to be able to experience my music in a different way. :)

[@miriamaguilar7977]

beautiful atmospheric sounds of ancient Greece. Such history and Hella peoples. Love everything Greek. Thank you.

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

And thank yóu for your comment :)

[@Theshroomgirl]

Listening to this while going through my Apollo hyperfixation and reading The Trials of Apollo

[@Julose33]

Beautiful work, I'm reading Plato on this, I feel like a greek

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Thanks man, I'm glad my music helps you get into the right atmosphere. :)

[@roberttopolic7665]

I was 2019 in Greece and it is so a beautiful and wonderful country and i love the culture and the wonderful people in this country ! Listening the beautiful music meaning so much to me , and it is a beautiful memory beeing for me to visited this country !

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Oh, that sounds wonderful. I'd really like to go there too one day. Thanks for your comment by the way!

[@thaleiamegou]

Just amazing, I’ll use it tomorrow while studying ancient Hellenic

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Thanks! I really like you use my music for that.

[@carolmarychild2280]

THANK YOU, Hans. This music is taking me to Epidaurus for healing of my broken body/brain after a fall/concussion/broken wrist. I know nothing of the Lydian mode, but this allowed me to sleep after a terrible night at the ER. This music may derive from the holistic healing practiced at Epidaurus? Anyway, for me the visual and sound presentation is healing for my soul and for our world soul (from which all healing arises): the gentle sounds suggested by nature penetrate the brokenness of our human efforts (including the most noble) to solidify/hold onto the beautiful forms in nature. I appreciate the beauty and nobility, but even what humans do not destroy is eroded by nature or gives itself over to the sounds or clouds of music, only to give birth to the next natural revelation, often from the water from which we emerged and which resonates within our tissue and connects us all, no matter what arises next, whether a flight of birds or an ancient piece of marble. An olive (?) tree of life may arise, and we are left with its reflection in the water, which dissolves into the soft darkness where we stay for a while. Only the music lets us know it is not the end. At this time when our world is being destroyed by human hubris and greed, and our imperfect democracy (thank you, Greece) as well, this presentation and music of the spheres offers much rest and restoration for our souls, and I venture to suggest for the worldsoul of which we are a part. The sound vibrations will go on, and something more will emerge. Thank you, Hans. Thank you, universe.

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Hello Mary, thanks for your kind words and interesting comment! I'm still kinda unfamiliar with the Greek classics so I had to read up on Epidaurus. I really find Epidaurus an interesting place and it sounds like they practiced a really wholesome way of healing that I approved very much of. I'm so glad my music has contributed to a bit of peace for you when you needed it. The way you describe the changes as seen in nature and in the world remind me of Taoism. I like to see most worldly events in this way, as developing and ultimately passing and devoloping into something new. It's interesting that you mention that music and sound is something like a universal energy that keeps on existing, while more material things pass and perish. Many ancient worldviews have this concept of life being created by a sound and when we look at the science of cymatics we can see that sound creates a harmonious kind of order. And I think that music has the ability to return disharmonious people/cells/materials back to this harmonious order. So yes, I very much like and totally agree with your comment! Thanks for your interesting insights! :)

[@carolmarychild2280]

@@hanschristiaanhylkema thanks for your wonderfully thoughtful response. I also appreciate the Tao. We have an overload of yang energy; your music evokes the yen for yin in us. I had to look up cymatics; what a wonderful study! I wish you all the best in your continuing development; you are indeed a gift to the world. I am grateful for your existence at this time!

[@iwn.4154]

you trip me straight to Odusseus Palace in Ithaca !!! thank u

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

You're welcome! I'm happy to acommodate you on your trip.

[@musicalmythology]

big fan of greek mythology and music here! I think it's really fantastic how you blended the voices with the lyre and the violins. I think it really creates such a unique and enchanted soundscape. Really quite beautiful!

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Thanks for your nice comment! I'm glad you like it! And if I find the time, I might make a whole cd in this style, not promising anything but I'm thinking of it :)

[@davidwatermeyer5421]

Hans Hylkema, you're a genius that's what. This stuff is utterly transportive, whether to Ancient Greece or elsewhere!

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Wow! Thanks for the nice compliment mate! ^_^

[@davidwatermeyer5421]

@@hanschristiaanhylkema You're welcome. Its deserved!

[@MitchellMcLean1992]

Thank you for the upload. I listened to this while first meditating for 15 minutes and lastly, reading the first four books of Marcus Aurelius 'Meditations'. The music really helps while reading each sentence. :)

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

That's nice to hear Mitchell! The funny thing is. 10 minutes ago I actually caught myself wondering if people are using this track for meditation (since I was meditating at that time and thinking about this track for a moment) and 10 minutes later I coincidentally read your comment! :) Also cool to hear this music helps you read interesting books like those of Marcus Aurelius. I'm thinking of composing more of this music and using those kind of books partly as inspiration.

[@M3124-t5f]

So beautiful. I was reading Epictetus and suddenly this started to play, I felt something different. Blessings to you for posting such an amazing piece of art

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

I feel honored to be asociated with ancient Greek philosophy. Blessings to you as well!

[@YeshuaIsTheTruth]

Needed some music to drown out noisy neighbors while I study Koine before bed. Thank you EDIT: This reminds me a lot of Fable for some reason, and its absolutely beautiful

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Thanks for the compliment. And cool that my music was able to provide a more peaceful atmosphere in a noisy environment :)

[@rohinisubbarathnamkanchana9750]

So melodious.. Soothing.. 😌

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Thanks!

[@zhaw4821]

Thank you!!!!

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

You're welcome! And thank you as well for commenting!

[@marconoboa1154]

This is the best for teaching mathematics to my little sister, really makes me feel the power of transmitting knowledge

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Glad to hear that!

[@theoz-zone7470]

Such beauty in this music. Such peace. Such serenity. I require mint tea, favorite comforter & a warm fireplace. I hope whoever reads this has a pleaseant night/day & is filled with Gods grace, love & immeasurable blessings. Edit: Also, to Sparta: Molon Labe.

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Thanks for your nice comment Oz! As it happens to be, I just poured myself some mint tea from fresh mint leaves and flowers. I agree it's very comforting, especially to the stomach. I wish you all the best as well!

[@theoz-zone7470]

@@hanschristiaanhylkema You poured mint tea too? Great minds think alike! 😄

[@amandinepetit6007]

Listening to this music while reading the Song of Achilleus 😊

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

That's cool. I really should read up more on these Greek classics so I can appreciate these comments more :P

[@amandinepetit6007]

@@hanschristiaanhylkema yes! It was really great! I will do the same while reading Circe, by Madeline Miller... and maybe with Iliad and Odyssey. Thanks again for this music :)

[@constanca6905]

I have a test about ancient greek in two days, so I decided to listen to this while studying instead of my usual lofi music. I'm glad I did, this is really good!

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Oh, that's cool you like the music so much you also use it for studying. Thanks for your nice comment!

[@thelocalnecromancer1224]

Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful!

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Thanks for your positive compliment! ^_^

[@thelocalnecromancer1224]

@@hanschristiaanhylkema You're welcome!

[@AlphaCrucis]

A lengthy ambient track inspired by Seikilos' Song, wow. I am so privileged to have discovered this. And it comes with beautiful images! Thank you so much! I was using this to study the Hellenistic period to, but it that will not be all I do with it. :)

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Thank you for your nice comment Alpha! Sounds like you've chosen an interesting topic to study. Good luck with that and thanks for listening!

[@TT-bc1es]

Beautiful music, beautiful pictures.Thank you.

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

You're welcome and thanks for the compliment :)

[@EvanStewartEisenbergIthacaNY]

thank you

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

You're welcome!

[@brucermorgan]

Wonderful music and excellent work on the visuals !! Thanks !

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Thanks for the nice compliment Bruce! :D

[@linasuka8121]

This is just what I am looking for💓 so beautiful and calm🌙 thank you for making such a wonderful music🌈

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Thanks for the compliment and comment! :)

[@ceciliagincho6806]

Wow. Magical music and fabulous images: Such a good combination. Thanks for posting it, surely it made my day!

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Thanks for your positive compliment! :) And I'm glad my music track was able to make your day.

[@ceciliagincho6806]

@@hanschristiaanhylkema Yes, it did. I added the soundtrack to my special music list.

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

@@ceciliagincho6806 I'm honored :)

[@nihantuzun3726]

Reading Ilyada while listening ❤

[@HellasGD88]

Hellenic glory.

[@lycagos1278]

wow so beautiful music!!!!!!

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Thanks! :) And your music is very beautiful as well! I advise everyone reading this comment to check out Lycagos channel!

[@alexgabriel5423]

The Myxolydian mode has many harmonics or overtones. The ancient modes as they are learned in W Europe are in equal temperament whereas the Byzantine modes are in microtones and in a Pythagorean system with one whole tone made up of 9 little parts or commas of Pythagoras. Several keyboards with different tonal spacing are needed to provide all pitches used in the Byzantine repertoire. The Byzantine modes still used in the Greek church are known to be modified ancient modes in a hypo form. Therefore the ancient modes must have had a tonal makeup that is like that of the Byzantine modes. The Ottoman tanbur is the instrument on whose neck there are the marks necessary to play Byzantine modes. The instrument then predates the Ottoman Empire.

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

That's pretty interesting Alex, thanks for your comment! The difference between equal and more 'natural' temperaments can indeed be quite profound. Maybe one day I will compose some Byzantine tunes in a more authentic tuning because those ancient temperaments have something pure about them that is lacking in modern music.

[@lauramm4352]

Gracias

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

You're welcome! :)

[@vginsprdsobepr9698]

I’m a fan of your collection. This is a wonderful playlist.

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Thanks! That's very nice to hear!

[@MrWinter2]

I love this!! Thank you for posting. :)

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Glad to hear and thank yóu for your comment! :)

[@dougiebrenizer5600]

To me this is the pinnacle of western music

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Thanks for your comment!

[@thelian_]

This music reminds me to the soundtrack of Shadow of the Colossus videogame. So epic!

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Thanks for the compliment! I still haven't played that game yet but I will check it and its soundtrack out!

[@MrShenhai]

Your music is marvelous! Thank you for sharing your gifts with the world! Also, does anyone know the name of the place shown in the photo that appears at 20:10? It's so beautiful!

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Thanks for your kind words! ^_^ Unfortunately it's been too long ago since I edited this video so I forgot wat the place at 20:10 is called but if you really want to know you could probably use Google's "reverse image search". It's a way of searching for information by uploading a picture to google and it searches its database and shows you related pictures and info. You could make a screenshot or a photo of the screen with your phone and use it in the reverse image search. I hope you will find it!

[@MrShenhai]

@@hanschristiaanhylkema Wow, thanks for the detailed suggestions! I really appreciate your response!

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

@@MrShenhai You're welcome! :)

[@idkmyname2814]

listening to this while studying greek grammar for the greek test at school… (i study in a classical high school in Italy)

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Oh, I'm honored you use my music for such an interesting subject :) I hope you've passed your test succesfully!

[@nerthus4685]

Perfect background music for reading the Enneads of Plotinus.

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

I'm glad my music helps people such as you to read interesting things like you've mentioned. You have an interesting profile name by the way. What inspired you to choose that name if I may ask?

[@nerthus4685]

@@hanschristiaanhylkema Thanks for responding. I am a fan of Norse, Celtic and Greek paganism. The Norse Goddess Nerthus fascinates me. Tacitus records how the Mother Goddess icon would be taken from its island sanctuary and drawn on a bullock cart through the countryside visiting village after village. The warlike Germanic peoples would lay down their weapons, uniting to rejoice as normal time was suspended in the presence of divinity.

[@enkelejdalikollari920]

Hello from Greece Θεσσαλονίκη 😊😊

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Hello from The Netherlands! :D

[@marklundegren]

Beautiful...thank you ❤️

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

And thank yóu for your nice comment!

[@rrocketman]

Very beautiful thank you

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

And thank yóu for your nice comment! ^_^

[@APrairieDog]

Amazing music, great for reading Hellenismos books!

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Thanks! And that sounds like a fitting thing to do to this music indeed. :)

[@APrairieDog]

@@hanschristiaanhylkema No problem friend!

[@00fgytduydrtu]

Used this too sleep, thx !

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

You're welcome and good night!

[@teina123]

Thank you 🧘‍♀️👂🍂

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

You're welcome!

[@thanos602]

great thanks

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

You're welcome!

[@stelliosstavropoulos8846]

Very nice music I’m also greek

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Thanks! And nice to hear you're also Greek :)

[@fishiemoo]

Thanks for helping me study! :D

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Glad to help and thanks for your nice comment! :)

[@Raquel5750]

This is superb! Lovely & calming, for people who want to hear beautiful music & enjoy time away from the outside world. A very big Thank You! Namaste

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Thanks for your kind response! It's really nice to hear people use this music to find a peaceful moment in their lives. :)

[@anni-florenceberger7231]

Depuis les temps les plus anciens le tambour le tambourin et le lyre sont des instruments qui ont existé. Tu me dis que rien ne change s'est peut être les vibrations musicales qui ont changé le monde et pas les guerres qui detruisent le bien des peuples. Quesque s'est L'amour s'est qu'en on donne avec le cœur. C'est aussi simple que ça. Que les Bénédictions de Pâques arrivent jusqu'a votre maison.

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Merci for those interesting and kind words!

[@AZ-vv1rf]

Greeks: invented music

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

I don't agree completely with that but I think they where very influential in western (and some eastern) music so yes, they invented a lot of what we hear in the music we know and love today.

[@10hourslooney25]

Don't mean to sound minor, but did you hear about the Ancient Greek DJ? Got mixed up playing his mixolydian mix tape.

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Hehe, nice one! :D

[@MariaJose-jl7wz]

Gracias 🕊️ thanks 🕊️ 🎼 ❤️

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Por favor :)

[@GrandmasterUV]

Love this music man thanks !!!

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Thank you too for the compliment! :)

[@GrandmasterUV]

Hans Hylkema You are very welcome my friend!

[@anni-florenceberger7231]

On retrouve partout le tambour et le tambourin et le lyre alors laisse toi allez avec cette music qui nous emportent loin très loin. EN FRANÇAIS GOD BLESS N'EST PAS TROP ADEQUAT. CAR DIEU NOUS BENISSES TOUS AUTOUR DE MONDE ET AU DELÀ. JOYEUSE PÂQUES 2019

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Merci and God bless you too!

[@tedmax6558]

This reminds me of Lady Jane by the Rolling Stones. Steve Vai always characterises the Mixolydian mode as 'The Sound of Summer' but this piece of music has a more haunted 'Lost Somewhere in Time' feel to it.

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

I know what you mean with 'The Sound of Summer". The famous Greek song Seikilos Epitath sure has that feeling to it. I listened to Lady Jane and it's a good song, also has that dreamy sound. and it sounds like it's also in mixolydian mode.

[@sage9836]

You can't feel alone in your love of the Ancient Greeks after reading the comments.

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Yes, there's indeed a lot of cool Ancient Greek loving people here :)

[@andrewkinsey8754]

If you dislike this, may you live forever!

[@sonar1991]

And they live untouched by sorrow in the islands of the blessed along the shore of deep-swirling Ocean, happy heroes for whom the grain-giving earth bears honey-sweet fruit flourishing thrice a year, far from the deathless gods, and Cronos rules over them - Hesiod, Works and Days The music in the Elysium Plains

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

That really fit the atmosphere of the music. Thank you for your comment :)

[@cezarinagarciamenezes1800]

Excellent 🍁 sound 👏👏✨🌈🌞☺☯🔥💨🇧🇷

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Thanks! :)

[@AshleyGravesreal]

You have just 972 subscribers?! So unfair u deserve to race at least the 1000

[@hanschristiaanhylkema]

Thanks for the confidence in me! I think I'll soon be passing the 1000 subs since I get a few subs every week so I'm happy people seem to like my music :)

[@AshleyGravesreal]

@@hanschristiaanhylkema No problem I rlly love your music and ancient Greece yet :)

[@AshleyGravesreal]

@@hanschristiaanhylkema Btw are you half german and greek?

[@AshleyGravesreal]

@@hanschristiaanhylkema Woah u finnaly raced 1000 congratulations :)