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

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

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

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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…one thousand years ago!

Guido lived at the start of the Medieval period (about 1150-1400)Other musical periods include:Renaissance (1400-1600)Baroque (1600-1750)Classical (1750-1830)Romantic (1830-1900)20th Century/Contemporary (1900-)