metropolitan instrument
The musical instruments collection of the metropolitan museum holds approximately five thousand examples from six continents and the pacific islands dating from about 300B.C. to the present. In this exhibit we can find all categories of instrument present in our history. Indeed, classified by continents and different region of the world, the categories of instrument presented are: wind instruments (brass, wood), string instruments, percussions, and other typical ancient instruments. We can make a point on the fact that even 2000 years later these categories of instruments still being used by contemporaneous musical players. One of the most ancient categories could be the wind section with an typical aborigene's instrument called "the didgeridoo". Found on the Australian continent B.C., this wind instrument was made with an empty branch of eucalyptus. This instrument still being used nowadays.Music has played an important role in the human civilization, indeed music was present in all ancient societies (B.C. and A.C.) , then in all parts of the world. The most ancient instruments were found on the following continents; Australia, Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, and South America. On the Australian continent, the didgeridoo
All those different aspects of the music show the importance and the diversity of its role during ancient civilizations. The "musical aspect" of the music was mainly found in Europe with the early creation of musical representation ; first through plays and little bit later through private concerts and operas. The musical instruments were mainly the violin, piccolo, flute, piano, tambourine... (mentioned before) was played B.C by local aborigenes in ritual and ceremonial purposes. This woodwind instrument is the oldest one of the Australian continent. In addition to the religious aspect of the music, we can easily find some social purposes in the ancient civilizations of those tree continents. African percussions were used to communicate between tribes. Music was identified as a way to establish contact between ethnies. In the "middle empire" (17 century) instruments was sent as gifts to keep contact with others nations and civilization or on the contrary used by soldiers to signal the end of a fire (kind of political aspect of the music) . In Africa, big tambours were also used impress enemies during ethnic wars. In Asia, the diversity of ancient instruments found
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