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How do we know that people made music
thousands of years ago?
Today, recorded music surrounds us. You
can buy CDs of your favorite music. You
can hear singers on the radio. You can
even watch them on TV.
Thousands of years from
now, people will know
about our music because
we have made recordings
of it. Thousands of years
ago, recording music was
impossible.
So how do we know that
people long ago played
music? Because scientists
have found flutes that are
over 9,000 years old!
The flutes were found in
China, in the Yellow River
Valley. Here, scientist
unearthed all sorts of
treasures, including 36
flutes.
The flutes were made
from the wing bones of
a crane – a long necked
wading bird. People long
ago carved and shaped
the bones and put holes
in them.
Flutes made from bone.
Even more surprising was
that one of the flutes
found in China could still be
played. “It makes a reedy,
pleasant sound, a little thin,
like a reorder,” one scientist
described.
WHAT IS SOUND?
Sound is a kind of energy
that you can hear.
Sound is made when
something vibrates, or
moves quickly back and
forth.
When something vibrates,
it makes the air vibrate,
too. Vibrating air carries
the sound you hear.
No one knows for sure
what type of music the
people form the Stone
Age played. Did it sound
like the music of today?
Did people have musical
talent and perform
concerts? Did people sing
along? We can only
wonder what their music
might have sounded like!
Today, people can enjoy recorded music as well as live music at concerts like this one,
or this one.