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      • The first musical instrument ever employed is likely to be the human voice, although archaeologists also found several rudimentary instruments, such as flutes, dating back to more than 35,000 years ago.
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  2. The oldest discovered musical instruments in the world (flutes made of bones and mammoth ivory) are over 40,000 years old. But instruments and song may be far, far older. In his book The Descent Of Man, Charles Darwin wondered whether our language abilities had started with singing, and if that was the reason for our pleasure in music.

  3. Timeline. 41000 BCE - 32768 BCE. First known musical instrument, a bone flute (found in modern-day Germany). c. 5000 BCE. The first aulos musical instruments are carved from bone. 2700 BCE - 2300 BCE. The first depiction in art of the aulos musical instrument appears in Cycladic sculpture. 2000 BCE.

  4. 3 days ago · The first musical instruments were probably quite simple. Early humans might have used their bodies to make music, like clapping their hands or using their voices. But as time went on, they started to get more creative.

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  5. Clockwise, from top left: Joseph Haydn (Hardy, 1791); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (della Croce, 1781); Ludwig van Beethoven (Stieler, 1820); and Franz Schubert (Rieder, 1875). The music of the Classical period is characterized by homophonic texture, or an obvious melody with accompaniment.

  6. The exact date and specific origin of the first device considered a musical instrument, is widely disputed. The oldest object identified by scholars as a musical instrument, is a simple flute, dated back 50,00060,000 years. Many scholars date early flutes to about 40,000 years ago.

  7. May 24, 2019 · While it is not certain how or when the first musical instrument was invented, most historians point to early flutes made from animal bones that are at least 37,000 years old. The oldest known written song dates back 4,000 years and was written in ancient cuneiform.

  8. Jun 19, 2017 · How Music and Instruments Began: A Brief Overview of the Origin and Entire Development of Music, from Its Earliest Stages. Jeremy Montagu * University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. Music must first be defined and distinguished from speech, and from animal and bird cries.

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