When did music first exist?

Answer 1

There is no way to determine who was the first to discover music. Music as an art form is thought to date back as far as 30,000 and 60,000 years ago. The oldest known melody dates back to 1400 B.C.

--Prehistoric Musical Instruments were found in China and date back to 7000 BC

--Archaeologists have discovered many artifacts that were used for music. People used to pass their histories and myths through stories and songs before there was writing.

--No one knows. Cavemen used to make music.

--Music in terms of sound created by people for purposes of enjoyment has been around as long as people have. Music Theory (noted music, and rules for forming it) didn't start showing up until later.

--Roman philosopher and statesman Boethius was the first person to associate music with the alphabet. He used the first fifteen letters of the Roman alphabet to indicate notes that were in use at the end of the Roman period. This system evolved over time, with Benedictine monk Gludo d' Arezzo adding the staff at the end of the 12th Century, placing the letters on certain lines to indicate their pitch.

Answer 2

The oldest of all songs was found to be from at least 4000 years ago. Most information about its earliest history can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_music#Prehistoric_music

Answer 3

The first music written down in Cuneiform was on clay tablets created at Nippur, in Sumer about 2000 BCE. The fragments that remain indicate it was for performing music Details are that it was based on in harmonies of thirds, and used a diatonic scale.(five whole steps (whole tones) and two half steps (semitones) in each octave)

Answer 4

Music has been made since prehistoric times.

Answer 5

There's no way of knowing this for sure. Humans probably sang and played percussion instruments long before there's any record of it.

Answer 6

when writting was invited they made symboles for it. and it was alot easier cause they had to remeber it

Answer 7

Dawn of time. People have been making music since they first existed.

Answer 8

In 1550