What is the oldest musical instrument ever found?

Neanderthal flute
The oldest musical instrument in the world, a 60,000-year-old Neanderthal flute is a treasure of global significance. It was discovered in Divje babe cave near Cerkno and has been declared by experts to have been made by Neanderthals. It is made from the left thighbone of a young cave bear and has four pierced holes.

What were the earliest musical instruments?

German archaeologists have found mammoth bone and swan bone flutes dating back to 30,000 to 37,000 years old in the Swabian Alps. The flutes were made in the Upper Paleolithic age, and are more commonly accepted as being the oldest known musical instruments.

When was the first evidence of music found?

The music of prehistoric cultures is first firmly dated to c. 40,000 BP of the Upper Paleolithic by evidence of bone flutes, though it remains unclear whether or not the actual origins lie in the earlier Middle Paleolithic period (300,000 to 50,000 BP).

What is the second oldest musical instrument?

8 Oldest Musical Instruments in the World

• Tutankhamun’s Trumpets. Age: about 3,340 years old.
• Jiahu Flutes. Age: 7,000 – 9,000 years old.
• Lithophones. Age: between 4,000 and 10,000 years old.
• Bullroarer. Age: about 20,000 years old.
• Isturitz Flutes.
• Hohle Fels Flute.
• Divje Babe Flute.
• Geisenklösterle Flutes.

What is the 3rd oldest instrument?

3. Hohle Fels Flute. What is this? The flute from the Hohle Fels cave was discovered in the fall of 2008 and is between 35,000 to 40,000 years old.

What is the oldest instrument in the orchestra?

Flute
Flute. The flute is the oldest of all instruments that produce pitched sounds (not just rhythms), and was originally made from wood, stone, clay or hollow reeds like bamboo. Modern flutes are made of silver, gold or platinum; there are generally 2 to 4 flutes in an orchestra.

Which family of instruments is the oldest?

Considered the oldest family of musical instruments, percussion instruments are often the beat-keeper, or “heartbeat”, of a musical group.