Seeking to continue the discussion on medieval music here, since it's not really what the OP of Best fantasy/medieval NES music was looking for (medieval was used in a loose sense to describe a range of game settings).
"Medieval music" seems to be often used to describe what seems to be largely english or french music traditions from relatively late-medieval times. Given that the middle ages ranged different centuries in different, and relatively separate regions including but not limited to europe, there must be more than that. So there's maybe some confusion between this notion of "medieval music" as a genre, and all of the music and various styles made in times we call medieval.
re: rainwarior, on greensleeves - that does indeed seem to be a very common root for many games' and films' at the tavern/castle hall/homestead/introduction theme. Also, looking at the commentary section, many there seems to be gamers.
Anyway, i just found this "medieval party mix" and found it inspiring. When i think of "medieval", i tend to naïvely think of accents being made on first and third in a 4/4 bar or just the first in tripple time (that's the way folk music works around here, mainly). The percussion section of these songs are a lot more elaborate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaRNvJLKP1E
(edit to fix a few things, among them the title )
"Medieval music" seems to be often used to describe what seems to be largely english or french music traditions from relatively late-medieval times. Given that the middle ages ranged different centuries in different, and relatively separate regions including but not limited to europe, there must be more than that. So there's maybe some confusion between this notion of "medieval music" as a genre, and all of the music and various styles made in times we call medieval.
re: rainwarior, on greensleeves - that does indeed seem to be a very common root for many games' and films' at the tavern/castle hall/homestead/introduction theme. Also, looking at the commentary section, many there seems to be gamers.
Anyway, i just found this "medieval party mix" and found it inspiring. When i think of "medieval", i tend to naïvely think of accents being made on first and third in a 4/4 bar or just the first in tripple time (that's the way folk music works around here, mainly). The percussion section of these songs are a lot more elaborate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaRNvJLKP1E
(edit to fix a few things, among them the title )