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2. Paleolithic flute - Wikipedia

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   The artifact known as the Divje Babe flute, which was discovered in Slovenia in 1995, has also been suggested as the oldest Paleolithic flute, though this claim has been disputed. The artifact is AMS-14C dated to 43100 ± 700 year old cave bear femur pierced with spaced holes. Later dating using the more powerful ESR method has shown that the ...

3. Divje Babe flute - Wikipedia

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   [2] [3] It has been suggested that it was made by Neanderthals as a form of musical instrument, and became known as the Neanderthal flute. The artifact is on prominent public display in the National Museum of Slovenia in Ljubljana as a Neanderthal flute. [1] As such, it would be the world's oldest known musical instrument. [4]

4. Flute - Wikipedia

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   This was the oldest confirmed musical instrument ever found, [27] until a redating of flutes found in Geißenklösterle cave revealed them to be older, at 42,000 to 43,000 years. [3] The Hohle Fels flute is one of several found in the Hohle Fels cavern next to the Venus of Hohle Fels and a short distance from the oldest known human carving. [28]

5. Prehistoric music - Wikipedia

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   Instruments such as the seven-holed flute and various types of stringed instruments, such as the Ravanahatha, have been recovered from the Indus Valley civilization archaeological sites. [1] India has one of the oldest musical traditions in the world—references to Indian classical music (marga) are found in the Vedas, ancient Hindu scriptures ...

6. Ocarina - Wikipedia

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   The ocarina went on to become popular in European communities as a toy instrument. [1] Ocarina, c. 1900, Museu de la Música de Barcelona. One of the oldest ocarinas found in Europe is from Runik, Kosovo. The Runik ocarina is a Neolithic flute-like wind instrument, and is the earliest prehistoric musical instrument ever recorded in Kosovo. [4]

7. List of woodwind instruments - Wikipedia

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   Western concert flute; Fife; Alto flute; bass flute; Contra-alto flute; Contrabass flute; Subcontrabass flute; Double contrabass flute; Hyperbass flute; Bansuri (India) Irish flute; Koudi (China) Dizi (China) Native American flute; Daegeum (Korea) Nohkan (Japan) Ryūteki (Japan) Shinobue (Japan) Švilpa (Lithuania) Venu (India) Kaval (Anatolian ...

8. List of period instruments - Wikipedia

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   The clavichord is an example of a period instrument. In the historically informed performance movement, musicians perform classical music using restored or replicated versions of the instruments for which it was originally written. Often performances by such musicians are said to be "on authentic instruments".

9. Ney - Wikipedia

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   The ney (Persian: نی), is an end-blown flute that figures prominently in traditional Persian, Turkish, Jewish, Arab, and Egyptian music. In some of these musical traditions, it is the only wind instrument used. The ney has been played for over 4,500 years, dating back to ancient Egypt, [1] making it one of the oldest musical instruments still ...