1. Museum Entrance Mesopotamia Egypt China Greece Welcome to the Museum of The History of Music Curator’s Offices Rome

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3. Room 1 Return to EntryMesopotamia

4. Room 2 Return to EntryEgypt

5. Room 3 Return to EntryGreece

6. Room 4 Return to EntryChina

7. Room 5 Return to EntryRome

8. The Sumer Lyre was made of gold and lapis lazuli They had a plaited beard and it was a sigh of divinity Return to Exhibit The Sumer Lyre

9. The Clappers were used to provide rhythm for the girls that danced in the festivals Eventually drums and wind instruments made there appearance as well Return to Exhibit The Clappers

10. The Reed Pipes were used for the festivals and were made from wood and bone. Return to Exhibit The Reed Pipes

11. The Clappers In Ancient Egypt were there first instrument They were pretty much two pieces of wood that you clap together to make noise They were shaped like human hands They were made out of wood or bone Return to Exhibit Clappers in Egypt

12. The Flutes were the second instrument and they were made out of bone, ivory, cane, or wood Some had reeds to go with them The flute was, and still is, played by blowing scross the hole at the top while covering the holes at the bottom with your fingers Return to Exhibit Flutes

13. Before the Mesopotamians played a stringed instrument they would wash there hands The arched harp was a stringed instrument It was played on the ground and you played it on your knees Return to Exhibit Arched Harp

14. There were two types of drums They were mainly played at festivals or ceremony's Return to Exhibit Drums

15. Oboes were used for wedding ceremony's and social rituals They were made from black wood Music was the essential to the pattern of the Greek life Return to Exhibit Oboes

16. The trumpets were used at festivals and funerals They were made from bone Return to Exhibit Trumpet

17. According to the Greeks, Music was divine as it assisted in healing both soul and body They symbols were played at banquets Return to Exhibit Symbols

18. Music was highly regarded and presents all private and public festivals The tambourines were music compisitions Return to Exhibit Tambourines

19. A bow stringed instrument with a scroll carved like a horse gead It influenced the eruopeans It had a hazy tone Return to Exhibit Horse Headed Fiddle

20. The lute was originally named after the fruit This instrument was loved by everyone It was held horizontily and then players would hold it vertically, and the player would pluck the strings that was attached Return to Exhibit Lute

21. The Erhu was introduced from the western region When playing the person playing usually has it on there lap and is moving the bow across the vertical lines horizontally Its considered a stringed instrument Return to Exhibit Erhu

22. The flute was made of bone In most time flutes were made from bamboo By covering the holes and blowing threw the top hole while moving fingers flexibly and the sound will come out Return to Exhibit Flute

23. In Rome they had an instrument named Aluos The auols was found at Pompeii showing slides and rings.. Return to Exhibit Aluos

24. They also had bagpipes They were used at there festivals Return to Exhibit Bagpipes

25. They also had a Cornu. A Cornu is a brass instrument used by the roman army’s to give orders in a bottle Cornu is a Latin word for horn Return to Exhibit Cornu

26. The romans had a tuba unlike todays modern tuba this tuba was a bronze trumpet, it was straight and the others were curvy. Return to Exhibit Tuba

27. A fact about Mesopotamian music is that the musicians were trained in in shools and performed an important class in Mesopotamia. Return to Entrance Fact about Mesopotamia Music