Ancient+Egypt+8000+BCE-600+BCE


 * Music**

In Egypt, archaeologists have found that music was a large part of their culture. Music was a very big part of the Ancient Egyptian society. This knowledge was shown through hieroglyphics and many texts.

Between c2686 - 2181 BCE, there was the first evidence of music beginning in Egypt. The three main instruments that were shown in pictures the most, were those that closely resembled the clarinet, flutes, and also the harp. Also, there was evidence of singers and maybe even dancers. Mostly they were male, but women played the harp.

Around 2133 - 1786 BCE are the advancements of music. Drums come into existence, melodies were becoming more complex. Also the chamber groups were becoming smaller and were consistently made up of women. Trumpets were also used in military scenes around the time of c1580-1085 BC.

During c1580 - 1085 BCE many improvements were made to the Egyptian music. Many different instruments were starting to be noticed. These included pipes, oboes, and trumpets. Melodies were starting to begin to move into small intervals. Drums and tambourines started developing right now as well. Also trumpets were used in military scenes.

Much of the music during this time was part of worships, holidays, parties, or even when people were just together to have a nice night. It also helped the economic condition of Egypt, it made the workers more efficient as the music made them more alive and the hard work more bearable. Much of the instruments made were very well developed, and one of the first instruments made by the Egyptians was the flute.

**Instruments Found in Ancient Egypt:**  Clappers  Cymbals  Bells  End-Blown Flutes  Pipes Lyres  The Lute  The Harp  Double Clarinet Trumpet

An actual Egyptian Harp

Another Egyptian Harp