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Do we really have instruments reaching
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60,000 years of age??? Yes!!!
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Are they still playable???
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Yes, at least some of them are!
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Do we have a recording of them???
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or what they would sound like??? Yes!!!
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Can we hear them in this video???
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Of course you can!!!
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in this video
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I'm going to introduce four of the
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oldest instruments ever found
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some of which belong to the prehistoric periods
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so without further ado
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let's get to these wonders of music history
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the first set of instruments belong to the period of
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lo and behold
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ancient Egyptians
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since I'm a bit obsessed with them of course
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they are believed to be the oldest playable trumpets
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in the world
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tutankhamun's trumpets
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these fine trumpets
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are the only survivors of their time
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they were discovered by Howard Carter
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during an excavation of Tutankhamun's Tomb
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located in valley of the Kings in Luxor
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at the time of discovery
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the bronze maid trumpet was found in the antechamber
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of the tomb in a large chest
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next to military objects and walking sticks
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the silver one was found in the burial chamber
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these trumpets are 3,300 years old
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and there is one spooky belief about them
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according to the curator
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of the Tutankhamun Collection at the Egyptian Museum
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they have magical powers
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and whenever someone blows into them
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a war breaks out
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not my words!
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but it's interesting to note that one week before
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Egypt's revolution
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one of the museum's staff had blown into it
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the same thing had happened before the 1967 war
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some people also relate the entrance of
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the British into World War 2 to the trumpets
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because they were first played
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after 3,000 years of silence
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before a live audience on BBC radio in 1939
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five months after that
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war started in Europe
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here's a recording of that performance
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next in line are flutes found in Jiahu Village
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China therefore
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the name Jiahu Flutes
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these are among the most
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important discoveries in Chinese musical archaeology
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since they are the earliest musical instruments
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ever found in China
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about 25 of these flutes were discovered at the site
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six of which were playable
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they come in different sizes
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and have well developed five tone
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six tone and even seven tone scales
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which is a big deal for their age
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that is believed to be somewhere between
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6,000 to 9,000 years old
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in other words
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they belong to the Neolithic period
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tonal analysis revealed that the seven-holed flute
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produces notes
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similar to the familiar western eight note scale
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that begins with
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this discovery is of global importance
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since the tone meets the pitch
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that is generally accepted in the world
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and there is a common knowledge of it in the human race
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the 8-holed flute
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can play all harmonic intervals and two registers
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which is fascinating
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these flutes were made out of
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the bones of red crowned cranes
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and they sound like this
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did you hear that???
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it's as if it was saying
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like and subscribe to this channel
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the sound of the next instrument can travel
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very long distances
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and the oldest known example of it was found in Ukraine
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it's called the BullRoarer
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this one dates all the way back to 18,000 years ago
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the Paleolithic period
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it is made from a piece of wood attached to a string
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and when it is swung in circular motions
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it produces a vibrating
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sound modulations can be controlled
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depending on what length of the string is used
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or in what direction and what speed it is swung
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the low frequency component of its sound
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can be heard from very long distances
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other examples of this instrument have been found in
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Europe Asia Africa
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the Indian subcontinent
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Australia and the Americas
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in ancient Greece
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it was used as a sacred instrument
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in Dionysian mysteries
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a topic about which I'll make another video later on
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although several cultures have used the bull roarer
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Australian Aborigines
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are best known for using it in initiation ceremonies
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in burials to ward off evil spirits
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and against bad omens
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now I don't know about you guys
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but if I heard this in the woods
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I would be running the other direction for sure
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here's another sample of it
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now for the fourth part
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I'm going to introduce two of the
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oldest flutes ever found on earth
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the first one was found in Germany in the fall of 2008
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it's called the Hohle Fels flute ( excuse my pronunciation)
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this one was made out of vulture bone
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and is the most complete
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ancient flute found that resembles a modern day flute
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it is 8.5 inches long
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and believed to be 35,000 to 40,000 years old
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this flute has convinced archaeologists
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of the presence of a well established musical tradition
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at the time when modern humans colonized Europe
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now last but not least back in 1995
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another piece was found in north western Slovenia
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the Divje Babe flute
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this flute is believed to have been made by
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neanderthals
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and is also known as the Neanderthal flute
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it is currently in National Museum of Slovenia
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it is 4.4 inches long
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which is about 11 cm
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and was made from a cave bear femur bone
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this amazing fine is estimated to be
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50,000 to 60,000 years old
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an academy musician
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Ljuben Dimkaroski
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has created over 100 wooden
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and bone replicas of the flute
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and experimented with them
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the Neanderthal flute
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is capable of three and a half octaves
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and can be used to play all contemporary music genres
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since multiple musical articulations
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can be performed with it
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here's a performance by Ljuben Dimkaroski himself
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on one of the replicas
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music could be the oldest form of art in human history
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we're all born with one powerful instrument after all
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the vocal cords right?
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but the question is
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how long ago did we begin to create our own instruments
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no one can say that with certainty of course
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but Divje Babe flute is the strongest material evidence
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showing that Neanderthals had musical behavior too
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and they were capable of creating such an instrument
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but I believe that music is much older than that
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and it goes way
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way back in time
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what do you guys think
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how do you imagine music came to life
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and how do you think it was used before
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let me know what
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you guys think in the comment section below
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and please don't forget to like and subscribe
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because it really helps me
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and share this video with your friends
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if it was worthy of your time
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thank you for watching this video to the end
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I appreciate you
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and until next time
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I hope you have an awesome time
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may the truth set us free. goodbye!
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