Seeing as I LOVE MUSIC so much and I have nothing better to do on a cold afternoon appart from watch television: I may as well write about what I enjoy (The weather outside is not my cup of tea I'm afraid and it's rather slippy.... I hurt my bottom very badly on my way to the corner shop- so I have decided to stay inside for now and keep warm)
Facts About Music. (The Simpler Version) Where it all started
- It is probably older than any Language
- Any Culture is populated by it.
- Natural Sounds was the creator, influenced by the singing of birds and the sounds that other animals communicated with.
- First Musical Instrument was possibly the Human Voice. (We Sing, Whistle, Yawn, Laugh, Hymn, Click, Cough, Sneeze etc)
- The first songs ever sung were love songs.
- To express fear when faced with death- a chant would be sung.
- First Rhythm/Percussion Instrument: Clapping of Hands, Clicking of Fingers, Stamped on the Ground (To accompany us while dancing) The Hitting of Stones etc(pounding root and also seeds into meals- a likely source)
- First Man Made Instrument was the Drum (We can not trace its beginnings...but it is traces amonst all ancient cultures around the world)
- Wind Instruments: Reed Pipe and Whistle (Created by using Bone, Clay and Wood) From this, the Flute was created (More than 6,000 years ago: Egyptians)
- String Instruments soon came after them
- Bone Flutes or Pipes (Paleolithic finds which are concidered musical)
- It is more usual to call Australian Aboriginal and Traditional Native American Music prehistoric: but more commonly used to refer to the early music in Europe before the development of writing.
- Non-European music is the survivor and creator of folk, indigenous, and traditional music.
- Ancient Music is the word given to Music that followed the development of writing.
- Ancient Music was thought to be a "Monophonic" era, but the "oldest known song" was infact composed in harmonies and thirds. (Proven by archaeological evidence)
- In The Bible, it tells us a tale of Jubal (The Father Of Musicians)
- Greek Myths: Pan, the inventor of the Shepherd’s pipe.
- All Primitive people have made music of some sort
- Music was not for pleasure alone: part of people's lives. (Folk Music, Greek, Church Music, etc)
Right- enough about the History.
What about...... Music Through the Ages? (I'll write about that some other time I think)
I'll leave it at that for now
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