Music was important in the Medieval time period because it was a major source of entertainment. There were no televisions or radios so people made up fairy tales and made music. Many instruments were created and used in making music, some of which were very bizarre. Classical music that was woodwindy and high-pitched was the music of choice in the Middle Ages. Music expanded from there branching off into many mixtures of music. The music could not have been played unless there was an instrument to play it on.
             Besides percussion, the medieval period can be credited with perhaps creating and using a wide variety of other types of instruments. String instruments such as the lute and viol were used. Other string instruments include the harp, harpsichord, dulcimer, hurdy-gurdy, psaltery, and the rebec. Wind instruments were also very popular in the Middle Ages especially flutes and other woodwinds. Some wind instruments used were the bagpipe, bladder pipe, cornmuse, crumhorn, dulcian, gamba, gemshorn, hirtenschalmei, kortholt, lizard, mute cornett, rackett, rauschpfeife, recorder, sacbut(trombone like), schalmei,serpent, shawm, shafor, and zinc. Some of these instruments maybe unfamiliar to most people but many of the instruments are very similar to each other in certain ways. Many of the instruments are either made out of wood or tusk to create a woody, high-pitched sound. Two other instruments used in Medieval times were the organ and the organetto, which is similar to a very portable organ. Most of these interments were used to create a form of music called classical music.
             Most of the music played in the Middle ages was classical music and very woodwindy with simple percussion slots. Most of the music was easy going and smooth to listen to. however, sometimes (such as jester routines) music was more upbeat an silly. The easygoing music consisted mostly of woodwind and strings. But the upbeat songs we usually a fl...