Thursday, October 8, 2009

Early Music

Music is something that has been a critical of human life for many thousands of years. Recently scientists discovered the oldest instrument ever found, a flute made from vulture bone.
This proved that human species before homo sapiens had extensive knowledge of notes and tones. The discovery was also proof to scientists that music had been used for much longer than previously thought.
After the cro-magnons died out and the modern humans took over, they stopped migrating around and set up civilizations. These civilizations made it possible for people to actually study and practice music. Many civilizations helped develop music. The babylonians and greeks are the earliest civilizations that we have musical examples from. The Epitaph of Seikilos is the earliest complete piece of music that we have found. It also included the notation which proved that the Greeks had a system of for writing music.

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