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- Mesopotamian lyre. This imposing silver lyre was played in Mesopotamia (modern-day southern Iraq) over 4,000 years ago. Music was an important aspect of many celebratory and ritual occasions in ancient Mesopotamia.
- Medieval citole. This richly decorated instrument, dripping with carved foliage, has an interesting story. It was originally made between 1280 and 1330 as a citole, a medieval guitar-like instrument, usually with four strings.
- Ancient Egyptian harp. Harps like this highly decorated example were played at ancient Egyptian banquets – they're often shown in scenes covering the walls of tombs.
- Arabian lute. This Arabian lute (oud in Arabic) was made by the famous Iraqi luthier Fawzi Monshid of Basra in 1981. The cedar wood soundboard has decorative details in ebony, rosewood and bone and the belly is made of strips of north Indian rosewood.
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- Accordion. An accordion is an instrument that uses reeds and air to create sound. Reeds are thin strips of material that air passes over to vibrate, which in turn creates a sound.
- Conductor's Baton. In the 1820s, Louis Spohr introduced the conductor's baton. A baton, which is the French word for "stick," is used by conductors primarily to enlarge and enhance the manual and bodily movements associated with directing an ensemble of musicians.
- Bell. Bells may be categorized as idiophones, or instruments sounding by the vibration of resonant solid material, and more broadly as percussion instruments.
- Clarinet. The clarinet's predecessor was the chalumeau, the first true single reed instrument. Johann Christoph Denner, a famous German woodwind instrument maker of the Baroque era, is credited as the inventor of the clarinet.
Dec 21, 2023 · The lyre, a stringed musical instrument, is believed to have originated in ancient Mesopotamia around 3000 BCE. It consisted of a soundbox, two arms, and a crossbar, with strings stretched between the crossbar and the soundbox.
Oct 25, 2024 · This article will trace the development of different musical instruments through history, exploring how they have evolved and how instruments from various cultures have influenced modern music. The origins of musical instruments date back to prehistoric times.
Timeline. First known musical instrument, a bone flute (found in modern-day Germany). The first aulos musical instruments are carved from bone. The first depiction in art of the aulos musical instrument appears in Cycladic sculpture.
Nov 24, 2020 · In Europe and America, we today have a collection of musical instruments (or instrumentarium) greater than any other culture, and yet, looking back at their origins, it is extraordinary how few – if any – of them originated in Europe.
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Nov 6, 2017 · The UK has a long, unique, and fascinating musical history, and the story of Britain can be told through its musical objects. Here are some instruments from the 17th to 19th centuries with distinctively British accents. Culloden bagpipes.
