A percussion instrument is any medium that makes a noise when beaten upon. As such everything can be regarded as a percussion instrument. Most probably in the prehistory the first percussion instrument was two rocks being beaten together, thus making a noise and a rhythm. The first "real" percussion instrument would be a drums as this is easy to do, extending a pig skin onto a hollow cylinder. So first percussion: Stones First "real" percussion: Drums
The oldest drums in the world, which are dated from 6000 BC, have been found from Neolithic or 'New Stone Age' period excavations. Indian drums from the Middle East are as old as 5000 BC; ruins in Mesopotamia (Iraq, eastern Syria, southeastern Turkey, and Southwest Iran) contain small cylindrical drums that are as old as from 3000 BC; and Egyptian tombs from the "Middle Kingdom" (2125-1550 BC) have yielded small goblet drums used for ceremonies
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I think tapping on a hollow log with a stick could be the oldest musical instrument.
538 years old
For Today?
No it is not. The oldest instrument would be the bone flute. It is made out of bones from a bird. It is estimated to be about 40,000 years old.
No. The oldest instrument is the drum.
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I think tapping on a hollow log with a stick could be the oldest musical instrument.
in Iraq the oldest drum was found there
538 years old
For Today?
No it is not. The oldest instrument would be the bone flute. It is made out of bones from a bird. It is estimated to be about 40,000 years old.
You can say, "Today you are the oldest you have ever been and the youngest you will ever be again."
I think tapping on a hollow log with a stick could be the oldest musical instrument.