Watch this History of Music and Classical Period video entitled Origins and Overview of Music in the Classical Period to study the evolution of Western classical music from medieval plainchant to the Classical symphony and sonata-allegro form.
Use this K12 educational video to study an overview of the origins of music and learn about how the four basic groups of instruments; cordophones or strings, aerophones, menbranophones and indiophones, developed. Examples are drawn from many different cultures to explore the origins of music.