One of the earliest was the REBEC, a bowed string instrument.
The general consensus is that it must be the drum. Drums have a very simple design -- animal skin stretched across a frame, or even just a big piece of wood to hit on -- and they are found in virtually every human society. Studies done on macaque monkeys, who drum rhythmically on things to exert social dominance, suggest a link between drumming and the development of language. Some types of African music include "talking drums," so-called because of their varying pitches that are used to emulate the inflections of the human voice. Written evidence of drums dates back at least several centuries before the birth of Christ.
The oldest wind instrument may well be the Australian aboriginal didgeridoo. Other contenders include the Arabic mijwiz (probably the oldest reed instrument), and the ocarina, samples of which have been found at neolithic grave sites. The oldest stringed instrument was probably some kind of harp; an Egyptian mural from about 3000 B.C. shows someone playing a harp; bowed instruments have developed independently in many places, however; stringed instruments are generally hard to date because, unlike some other types', their defining features often decay very quickly.
The drum is most likely the oldest musical instrument.
It is a flute that was made out of bones. The bones were mostly the bones from a bird. The oldest flute is estimated to be about 35,000 years old so it is really old.
Flute: More than 35,000 years ago,the earliest modern humans in Europe carved 8.5-inch flute from a vulture bone.
Flute
I think tapping on a hollow log with a stick could be the oldest musical instrument.
I think tapping on a hollow log with a stick could be the oldest musical instrument.
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No it is not. The oldest instrument would be the bone flute. It is made out of bones from a bird. It is estimated to be about 40,000 years old.
the pipe organ
The oldest musical form in Japan was from the string instrument known as the Koto.
The oldest known musical instrument is a flute from the time of the Neanderthals.
I think tapping on a hollow log with a stick could be the oldest musical instrument.
Michael Levy was the oldest known western musician. He made music in the west popular by playing the musical instrument lyre.
I think tapping on a hollow log with a stick could be the oldest musical instrument.
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No it is not. The oldest instrument would be the bone flute. It is made out of bones from a bird. It is estimated to be about 40,000 years old.
The oldest playable musical instrument were discovered in China.
the pipe organ
researchers in china have uncovered what might be the oldest playable musical instrument;;called the stone age flute.flute,China
Answerroman lyre AnswerThe oldest instruments of the Middle Ages, and in fact the oldest instruments known, are flutes, some of which date from 35,000 to 40,000 years ago. A+PLUSRoman lyre
He is not known to.