[VanShuyten]

I saw "Cave of Forgotten Dreams" about the cave art in Chauvet caves in southern France. (A very good movie, by the way) In one scene, there was a German archeologist who played a 20,000 year old flute made from a bird bone.

I think he might have reconstructed it because it was in perfect pitch when he played "America the Beautiful."

[afraidfortherepublic]

That gives me chills! It is one of the mysteries I often ponder — when & how did music start?

Did it start with singing? With drums? Flutes? Horns?
What were the earliest tunes? As this article asks, was it for hunting, for war, for worship, for entertainment?

And then the next question: when did early people start writing it down? I remember reading about an ancient pot found in Greece that had early musical notation written on it.

I like to look at the sources of the hymns we sing in church. Many of them date from the 1800s and and great many more from the 1960s-1970s. Seldom do I see one that dates from the 1500s, and that is the earliest I’ve seen. The early ones are generally sung at Christmas.

Jes’ sayin’

[afraidfortherepublic]

That gives me chills! It is one of the mysteries I often ponder — when & how did music start?

Did it start with singing? With drums? Flutes? Horns?
What were the earliest tunes? As this article asks, was it for hunting, for war, for worship, for entertainment?

And then the next question: when did early people start writing it down? I remember reading about an ancient pot found in Greece that had early musical notation written on it.

I like to look at the sources of the hymns we sing in church. Many of them date from the 1800s and and great many more from the 1960s-1970s. Seldom do I see one that dates from the 1500s, and that is the earliest I’ve seen. The early ones are generally sung at Christmas.

Jes’ sayin’