Music history

By dd227
  • 15,000 BCE

    Harp

    Harp
    Originating in Ancient Egypt, this is a stringed instrument in which the resonator or belly is perpendicular or nearly so to the plane of the strings
  • 5500 BCE

    Drums

    Drums
    Originating in the Americas, this instrument is played with wooden sticks and hollow cylinders
  • 2000 BCE

    Cymbals

    Cymbals
    Originating in Asia, this is a percussion instrument consisting of a circular flat or concave metal plate that is struck with a drumstick
  • 1700 BCE

    Tambourine

    Tambourine
    Originating in Ancient Egypt, this is a shallow handheld drum, played by stroking or shaking the jingles to striking it sharply with the hand or stick
  • 1500 BCE

    Trumpet

    Trumpet
    Originating in Ancient Egypt, this instrument is a long slender metal tube with three valves
  • 500 BCE

    Maracas

    Maracas
    Originating in West Africa, this is a hand percussion instrument usually played in pairs and common in Caribbean, Latin American and South American music
  • 1388

    Recorder

    Recorder
    Originating in Germany, this is a wooden or plastic musical instrument in the shape of a pipe
  • 1550

    Viola

    Viola
    Originating in Northern Italy, this is a stringed musical instrument, the tenor of the violin family

  • Oboe

    Oboe
    Originating in France, this is an instrument in the shape of a long slender tube, widening out into a bell shape at the end. It originated in the mid 17th century.

  • Cello

    Cello
    Originating in Northern Italy, this is a four string instrument, similar to a violin

  • Clarinet

    Clarinet
    Originating in Germany, this instrument is a cylinder tube ending in a flared bell stage

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven
    He was born into a family of musicians in Germany and by 11, he left school to take care of the family and by 18 he was the breadwinner. He later became deaf but this did not stop his ability to compose music. He's best known for many of his most famous pieces—including the Eroica Symphony (1805), Symphony No. 5 in C Minor (1808), Symphony No. 6 in F Major (1808), and Symphony No. 7 in A Major (1813). He died on March 26th, 1827.

  • Accordion

    Accordion
    Originating in Berlin, this is a portable wind instrument having a large bellows for forcing air through

  • Acoustic Guitar

    Acoustic Guitar
    Originating in Spain, this is an instrument played with strings and has a hollow body and long neck.

  • Bass guitar

    Bass guitar
    Originating in Washington, this is a musical instrument that produces tones in the low pitched range C2-C4

  • Bagpipe

    Bagpipe
    Originating in Egypt, this is a wind instrument consisting of 2 or more single or double reed pipes the reeds being set in motion by wind fed by arm pressure or an animal skin