Transcript Ancient Musical Instruments

Ancient Musical Instruments
By Sherri Bohne
Music 1010
Hollow bones, First musical
instrument
Animal horns made practical
instruments
Music accompanied comedies and
pantomimes in Greece
The Water Organ or Hydraulis is
the first known keyboard
Lyre is oldest string instrument, in
Greek mythology invented by Hermes
Kithara used for entertainment for both
Greeks and Romans, similar to guitar
Aulos, a wind instrument, played
simultaneously (hard to master!)
Pan, God of the forest, played Pan Pipes to
pick up girls, in Greek mythology
Littus, a variant of the tuba, used for both
music and to scare the enemy in Celtic war
Conch shell, a natural trumpet, used
for prayers for rain and fertility
Bullroarer, known on every continent,
used to signify the presence of spirits
Idiophones, shaken or scraped, popular
in many countries like Africa
Early drums made from animal skins used to
send signals as well as for music
Music in ancient Greece was tied up in
their mythology
Music was omnipresent at the first
Olympic Games
Instruments we play today had roots in
Greece, we have them to thank for our
orchestras and bands