Listen to the Medieval Music
Instructions:
Do you want hear what the music painted on the wall sounds like?
- Press the button below
- Accept the camera permission
- Get close to the wall and scan any of four music scores right next to the entrance (see image) with your phone or tablet camera, hold until the music starts
- Listen with headphones or low volume
Lining the chapel walls is music for Easter Day and for the feast of St Mary Magdalene, celebrated on 22 July each year.
The earliest forms of musical notation are called neumes and date back to around the 9th century. They were used to guide the singing of plainchant or Gregorian chant, usually performed by monks and choirs in medieval churches and monasteries. Instead of precise notes, neumes indicate the melodic direction, showing whether the tune rises, falls, or stays steady. Sung in unison, these chants created a calm, spiritual atmosphere that shaped worship for centuries.
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