@freemo Tell that the parent organization of our school. They took over our school that's existed for over 2 centuries now. Now that org, which is probably at most a few decades old, makes the claim that they've existed 'for 200 years!'... 🤨

So I'll just follow suit. Us humans invented the damn flute, and that's that! *Stomps on floor*

@trinsec lol typical

@freemo

My guess is that the first musical instrument was a hollow log or some such (drum). But probably difficult to determine if one was used to make music. If you count woodpeckers, it goes way back!

@trinsec

@Pat

It all comes downt o definition... the first musical instrument would be ones voice, after that perhaps a woodpecker or the beating of the tail of a beaver or similar.. I'm sure some human hit two sticks together like a drum at one point too...

I think if you really want to define a musical instrument for this context in a meaningful way it would have to be some object that had to be formed to make sounds it couldnt naturally do.

@trinsec

@freemo

Yeah, some animal would have to make a drum stick or something for it to count.

If you count vocalizations, that goes back to the Jurassic or even earlier..

@trinsec