Before Lesson 12
🏺 Music Through Time
Travel back in time! See how music began in caves and grew all the way to the first music lines. All four chapters are open to browse while we build — then you meet Guido.
▶ Start the journeyGuido’s Hand
Tap the hand to hear each note — also linked from Theory
Watch: How Music Learned to Write
Notation & early polyphony with Wren
Chapter 1. The Very First Music
Tens of thousands of years ago
Open to browse
Chapter 2. Mesopotamia and Egypt
About 5,000 to 2,000 years ago
Open to browse
Chapter 3. Greece and Rome
About 2,800 to 1,500 years ago
Open to browse
Chapter 4. Chant and Guido
About 1,500 to 1,000 years ago
Open to browse