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5500 BCE
Drums
Drums https://images.app.goo.gl/Ek7aZ2CcUGGQGGZa7 5500 BC China https://www.masterclass.com/articles/a-brief-history-of-drums
From early drums made from gourds to the electronic drums of today, the history of drums involves a wide array of musical styles.
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3200 BCE
Lyre
Lyre https://images.app.goo.gl/JNL3r4cwbhhmpQmA6 3200 BCE Iraq https://www.worldhistory.org/Lyre/ The lyre was closely related to the other stringed instruments: the chelys which was made from a tortoise shell, the four-stringed phorminx, and the seven-stringed kithara. Apollo and Orpheus were the most famous lyre players.
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1700 BCE
Tambourine
Tambourine https://images.app.goo.gl/A5sKa8VdUrq4fFwK6 1700 BC Unknown https://salamuzik.com/blogs/news/what-is-a-tambourine-all-about-tambourine-instruments he tambourine is the most frequently used and preferred among these musical instruments. The tambourine is a type of percussion musical instrument. The history of the tambourine instrument dates back to ancient times and different civilizations. Folk music -
1700 BCE
Fortepiano
Fortepiano https://images.app.goo.gl/jUNHXimZGxo7dXzE9 1700 Germany https://squarepianos.com/fortepiano.html the use of soft leather covering to the hammers — not compressed felt as used in modern times. Keys -
1530 BCE
Viola
Viola https://images.app.goo.gl/TABkmfjFzxTnYHY39 1530 Northern Italy https://www.theinstrumentplace.com/history-of-the-viola The viola is probably the oldest of today's main stringed orchestral instruments, predating the cello, violin and string bass. However, it is easily the least familiar of the group. bowed stringed -
1500 BCE
trumpet
Trumpet https://images.app.goo.gl/K8iV5DmzcuC9NwNr5 1500 BC Egypt https://www.yamaha.com/en/musical_instrument_guide/trumpet/structure/ soft and mellow to aggressive, fierce, and edgy -
900 BCE
Flute
Flute https://images.app.goo.gl/RQdHgsiyHgDgzvF87 900 BC China https://www.britannica.com/art/flute-musical-instrument woodwind group -
16 BCE
Cello
Cello https://images.app.goo.gl/waAoGm1KWwL2QXLE6 16th Century Italy Andrea Amati was the first person who got exposure for making the cello. While Amati was not the inventor of the cello, he rose to popularity for building cellos for Charles IX King of France. Paintings from the 12th and 13th centuries depict the violin, indicating that it existed in the music of that era. However, the cello was developed in the 15th century. strings -
15 BCE
Sackbut
Sackbut https://images.app.goo.gl/aLFsjSy8X88kxkLs8 15th century Burgundy https://study.com/academy/lesson/sackbut-instrument-music-facts.html Trombone -
15 BCE
Crumhorn
Crumhorn https://images.app.goo.gl/S2odsJzViTzPZp9Y7 15th century Germany https://www.bate.ox.ac.uk/crumhorns reed cap family -
10 BCE
Fiddle
Fiddle https://images.app.goo.gl/tmaoQVLts6Wbbch17 10th century Cremona Italy https://www.britannica.com/art/fiddle bow strokes/ strings -
3 BCE
Organ
Organ https://images.app.goo.gl/Fx5637LM3wKEHYwC9 3rd century BCE Greece https://study.com/academy/lesson/the-organ-instrument-characteristics-and-history.html keyboards -
3 BCE
Organ
Organ https://images.app.goo.gl/Fx5637LM3wKEHYwC9 3rd century BCE Greece https://study.com/academy/lesson/the-organ-instrument-characteristics-and-history.html keyboards -
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Violin
Violin https://images.app.goo.gl/mJmp2fPjczAJRpEk9 16th century Northern Italy https://stagemusiccenter.com/music-school-blog-winchester-acton-ma/2019/9/6/violin-history-fun-facts-and-benefits-of-learning bowed stringed -
1397
Harpsichord
Harpsichord https://images.app.goo.gl/VrDWbRuJu3th5gRj9 1397 Italy https://www.skagitsymphony.com/the-harpsichord Renaissance and Baroque music -
1450
Gittern
Gittern https://images.app.goo.gl/fqEMwJVxVJi1N1APA 1450 Western europe https://diabolus.org/workshop/gittern/gittern.php Modern guitar -
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Dalcimer
Dalcimer https://images.app.goo.gl/8WahPNcyfgUXyaJk9 early 1800’s Persia https://www.gardnersdulcimer.com/Page.aspx?id=129 strings -
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Saxaphone
Saxophone https://images.app.goo.gl/exjZ5f3RTVFu5g3j9 1846 Dinant Belgium https://study.com/academy/lesson/saxophone-types-history-quiz.html woodwind