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What is the oldest instrument ever?
What are the objective differences between the guitar and the piano?What instrument can an old guy learn if the main goal is to write musicWhat is the name of this percussion instrument?The loudest acoustic instrumentabout old instrument, what is it?What kind of instrument involves simultaneously singing into a microphone and playing a keyboard?How did the harmonium and violin become an integral part of Hindustani music?What is this percussion instrument?What instrument is used to create this kind of music?What's this instrument shown in 1-Nenokkadine?
What is the oldest instrument played other than the human voice? Did Neanderthals use instruments to play music?
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What is the oldest instrument played other than the human voice? Did Neanderthals use instruments to play music?
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It's probably not possible to tell. Wood and bone can often be inherently musical when struck, so some kind of proto-claves likely existed before recorded history. Rocks may have also been used for percussion from very early on.
In 2012, the BBC reported on a finding of bone flutes as the "oldest instruments" ever discovered, at 42,000 - 43,000 years old.
Obviously if simple bones, sticks, and/or rocks were used as percussion instruments in prehistoric times, it is likely impossible to tell at this point. Unless they are carved in some way, there's no way to know how they were used. Evidence of shaped lithophones (resonant rocks) exists from as far back as 10,000 years ago.
See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistoric_music
One final note: In addition to excluding the human voice, I also did not discuss hand claps, feet stomps, etc., both because it seemed like the question didn't mean to include those and because none of those constitute "instruments", as I understand the word. It seems likely that the earliest music was created simply by parts of the human body.
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It's probably not possible to tell. Wood and bone can often be inherently musical when struck, so some kind of proto-claves likely existed before recorded history. Rocks may have also been used for percussion from very early on.
In 2012, the BBC reported on a finding of bone flutes as the "oldest instruments" ever discovered, at 42,000 - 43,000 years old.
Obviously if simple bones, sticks, and/or rocks were used as percussion instruments in prehistoric times, it is likely impossible to tell at this point. Unless they are carved in some way, there's no way to know how they were used. Evidence of shaped lithophones (resonant rocks) exists from as far back as 10,000 years ago.
See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistoric_music
One final note: In addition to excluding the human voice, I also did not discuss hand claps, feet stomps, etc., both because it seemed like the question didn't mean to include those and because none of those constitute "instruments", as I understand the word. It seems likely that the earliest music was created simply by parts of the human body.
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It's probably not possible to tell. Wood and bone can often be inherently musical when struck, so some kind of proto-claves likely existed before recorded history. Rocks may have also been used for percussion from very early on.
In 2012, the BBC reported on a finding of bone flutes as the "oldest instruments" ever discovered, at 42,000 - 43,000 years old.
Obviously if simple bones, sticks, and/or rocks were used as percussion instruments in prehistoric times, it is likely impossible to tell at this point. Unless they are carved in some way, there's no way to know how they were used. Evidence of shaped lithophones (resonant rocks) exists from as far back as 10,000 years ago.
See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistoric_music
One final note: In addition to excluding the human voice, I also did not discuss hand claps, feet stomps, etc., both because it seemed like the question didn't mean to include those and because none of those constitute "instruments", as I understand the word. It seems likely that the earliest music was created simply by parts of the human body.
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It's probably not possible to tell. Wood and bone can often be inherently musical when struck, so some kind of proto-claves likely existed before recorded history. Rocks may have also been used for percussion from very early on.
In 2012, the BBC reported on a finding of bone flutes as the "oldest instruments" ever discovered, at 42,000 - 43,000 years old.
Obviously if simple bones, sticks, and/or rocks were used as percussion instruments in prehistoric times, it is likely impossible to tell at this point. Unless they are carved in some way, there's no way to know how they were used. Evidence of shaped lithophones (resonant rocks) exists from as far back as 10,000 years ago.
See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistoric_music
One final note: In addition to excluding the human voice, I also did not discuss hand claps, feet stomps, etc., both because it seemed like the question didn't mean to include those and because none of those constitute "instruments", as I understand the word. It seems likely that the earliest music was created simply by parts of the human body.
answered 1 hour ago
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It's probably not possible to tell. Wood and bone can often be inherently musical when struck, so some kind of proto-claves likely existed before recorded history. Rocks may have also been used for percussion from very early on.
In 2012, the BBC reported on a finding of bone flutes as the "oldest instruments" ever discovered, at 42,000 - 43,000 years old.
Obviously if simple bones, sticks, and/or rocks were used as percussion instruments in prehistoric times, it is likely impossible to tell at this point. Unless they are carved in some way, there's no way to know how they were used. Evidence of shaped lithophones (resonant rocks) exists from as far back as 10,000 years ago.
See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistoric_music
One final note: In addition to excluding the human voice, I also did not discuss hand claps, feet stomps, etc., both because it seemed like the question didn't mean to include those and because none of those constitute "instruments", as I understand the word. It seems likely that the earliest music was created simply by parts of the human body.
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