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The earliest musical instruments of note
The origins of making music
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Who doesn't enjoy listening to music? It's often called the world's universal language, but when did we start making musical instruments? Well, you'd probably be surprised to know that the earliest artifacts fashioned to produce a tune appeared over 40,000 years ago. That's a long time to learn how to play! But what kind of instruments were these, and are they still being used today?
Click through and find out how our ancestors made music.
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