1. Who is Guido and what’s so special about his hands?

2. Guido D’Arezzo was a Benedictine monk who was born around 991/992 and lived until after 1033.

3. Guido invented modern music notation using his hand!
Guido's hand

4. He named the notes of the scale (do-re-mi-fa-so-la) after the first syllables of a poem.
Poem: Ut queant laxis
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5. …one thousand years ago!

6. Guido lived at the start of the Medieval period (about 1150-1400)
Other musical periods include:
Medieval ( )
Renaissance ( )
Baroque ( )
Classical ( )
Romantic ( )
20th Century/Contemporary (1900-)