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The musical instruments collection of the metropolitan museum holds approximately five thousand examples from six continents and the pacific islands dating from about 300B.C. to the present. In this exhibit we can find all categories of instrument present in our history. Indeed, classified by continents and different region of the world, the categories of instrument presented are: wind instruments (brass, wood), string instruments, percussions, and other typical ancient instruments. We can make a point on the fact that even 2000 years later these categories of instruments still being used by contemporaneous musical players. One of the most ancient categories could be the wind section with an typical aborigene's instrument called "the didgeridoo". Found on the Australian continent B.C., this wind instrument was made with an empty branch of eucalyptus. This instrument still being used nowadays.Music has played an important role in the human civilization, indeed music was present in all ancient societies (B.C. and A.C.) , then in all parts of the world. The most ancient instruments were found on the following continents; Australia, Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, and South America.On the Australian continent, the didgeridoo
In Africa, music was also used for ceremonies, magical rituals and sacrifices to the "local God". African percussions were used to communicate between tribes. Horn and trumpet were mainly used for hunting purpose. The "musical aspect" of the music was mainly found in Europe with the early creation of musical representation ; first through plays and little bit later through private concerts and operas. In Asia, the diversity of ancient instruments found is more important than in Australia. The rag dung is also a long trumpet found in Tibet in the 17 century; it was used for morning and evening calls from the monastery roof. Percussions section is represented by a lots cymbals, and tambours such as the khol , used to accompany kirtan the sacred Vaisana devotional music of Bengal and East India. The string section is represented by different kind of guitars and harps. Indeed, music was in majority used for religious and ceremonial purposes. In ancient South and Central Asia civilizations there was also a lot of wind instruments, the Dung chen , a wood and brass long trumpet (early 17 century) was one of the major religious instruments. Made in different kind of wood (lengue and dougoura) we can find the doun-doun used in ceremonies to create the main tempo for the djembe players. In Africa, big tambours were also used impress enemies during ethnic wars.
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