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15,000 BCE
Harp
Originating in Ancient Egypt, this is a stringed instrument in which the resonator or belly is perpendicular or nearly so to the plane of the strings -
5500 BCE
Drums
Originating in the Americas, this instrument is played with wooden sticks and hollow cylinders -
2000 BCE
Cymbals
Originating in Asia, this is a percussion instrument consisting of a circular flat or concave metal plate that is struck with a drumstick -
1700 BCE
Tambourine
Originating in Ancient Egypt, this is a shallow handheld drum, played by stroking or shaking the jingles to striking it sharply with the hand or stick -
1500 BCE
Trumpet
Originating in Ancient Egypt, this instrument is a long slender metal tube with three valves -
500 BCE
Maracas
Originating in West Africa, this is a hand percussion instrument usually played in pairs and common in Caribbean, Latin American and South American music -
1388
Recorder
Originating in Germany, this is a wooden or plastic musical instrument in the shape of a pipe -
1550
Viola
Originating in Northern Italy, this is a stringed musical instrument, the tenor of the violin family -
Oboe
Originating in France, this is an instrument in the shape of a long slender tube, widening out into a bell shape at the end. It originated in the mid 17th century. -
Cello
Originating in Northern Italy, this is a four string instrument, similar to a violin -
Clarinet
Originating in Germany, this instrument is a cylinder tube ending in a flared bell stage -
Ludwig van Beethoven
He was born into a family of musicians in Germany and by 11, he left school to take care of the family and by 18 he was the breadwinner. He later became deaf but this did not stop his ability to compose music. He's best known for many of his most famous pieces—including the Eroica Symphony (1805), Symphony No. 5 in C Minor (1808), Symphony No. 6 in F Major (1808), and Symphony No. 7 in A Major (1813). He died on March 26th, 1827. -
Accordion
Originating in Berlin, this is a portable wind instrument having a large bellows for forcing air through -
Acoustic Guitar
Originating in Spain, this is an instrument played with strings and has a hollow body and long neck. -
Bass guitar
Originating in Washington, this is a musical instrument that produces tones in the low pitched range C2-C4 -
Bagpipe
Originating in Egypt, this is a wind instrument consisting of 2 or more single or double reed pipes the reeds being set in motion by wind fed by arm pressure or an animal skin