What is the oldest known musical instrument in history?

[edward]

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=7918210

And the man who didn't find it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4GY...first-instrument-ever&feature=player_embedded

 

[moose]

Awesome! I'm writing a paper on prehistoric music so this is fairly interesting!

 

[edward]

Awesome! I'm writing a paper on prehistoric music so this is fairly interesting!

I would never have imagined that they would find something that old. The first thing that came to mind was: "its got to be a hoax".

 

[Sorry!]

I would never have imagined that they would find something that old. The first thing that came to mind was: "its got to be a hoax".

Ya I was thinking the same thing... This is really remarkable I never would have thought any kind of crafted instrument existed back then.

What I wonder though is why they ever decided to put holes in it anyways? Probably just a mistake and they thought that it sounded nice?

 

[edward]

Ya I was thinking the same thing... This is really remarkable I never would have thought any kind of crafted instrument existed back then.

What I wonder though is why they ever decided to put holes in it anyways? Probably just a mistake and they thought that it sounded nice?

Someone probably put just one hole in a piece of bone and just got carried away. Thats progress.