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Museum EntranceM
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Welcome to the Museum ofWelcome to the Museum ofThe History of MusicThe History of Music
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MesopotamiaMesopotamia
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EgyptEgypt
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GreeceGreece
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ChinaChina
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RomeRome
The Sumer Lyre was made of gold and lapis lazuli They had a plaited beard and it was a sigh of divinity
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The Sumer Lyre
The Clappers were used to provide rhythm for the girls that danced in the festivalsEventually drums and wind instruments made there appearance as well
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The Clappers
The Reed Pipes were used for the festivals and were made from wood and bone.
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The Reed Pipes
The Clappers In Ancient Egypt were there first instrumentThey were pretty much two pieces of wood that you clap together to make noiseThey were shaped like human handsThey were made out of wood or bone
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Clappers in Egypt
The Flutes were the second instrument and they were made out of bone, ivory, cane, or woodSome had reeds to go with themThe flute was, and still is, played by blowing scross the hole at the top while covering the holes at the bottom with your fingers
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Flutes
Before the Mesopotamians played a stringed instrument they would wash there handsThe arched harp was a stringed instrumentIt was played on the ground and you played it on your knees
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Arched Harp
There were two types of drumsThey were mainly played at festivals or ceremony's
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Drums
Oboes were used for wedding ceremony's and social ritualsThey were made from black woodMusic was the essential to the pattern of the Greek life
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Oboes
The trumpets were used at festivals and funeralsThey were made from bone
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Trumpet
According to the Greeks, Music was divine as it assisted in healing both soul and bodyThey symbols were played at banquets
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Symbols
Music was highly regarded and presents all private and public festivalsThe tambourines were music compisitions
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Tambourines
A bow stringed instrument with a scroll carved like a horse geadIt influenced the eruopeansIt had a hazy tone
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Horse Headed Fiddle
The lute was originally named after the fruitThis instrument was loved by everyoneIt was held horizontily and then players would hold it vertically, and the player would pluck the strings that was attached
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Lute
The Erhu was introduced from the western region When playing the person playing usually has it on there lap and is moving the bow across the vertical lines horizontallyIts considered a stringed instrument
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Erhu
The flute was made of boneIn most time flutes were made from bambooBy covering the holes and blowing threw the top hole while moving fingers flexibly and the sound will come out
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Flute
In Rome they had an instrument named AluosThe auols was found at Pompeii showing slides and rings. .
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Aluos
They also had bagpipesThey were used at there festivals
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Bagpipes
They also had a Cornu. A Cornu is a brass instrument used by the roman army’s to give orders in a bottle Cornu is a Latin word for horn
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Cornu
The romans had a tuba unlike todays modern tuba this tuba was a bronze trumpet, it was straight and the others were curvy.
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Tuba
A fact about Mesopotamian music is that the musicians were trained in in shools and performed an important class in Mesopotamia.
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Fact about Mesopotamia Music