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That's true, and it's important. Still, it seems very likely those Neanderthals 60k years ago were playing music for all the same reasons we do, even making ef
by mandmandam 3y ago
That's true, and it's important.
Still, it seems very likely those Neanderthals 60k years ago were playing music for all the same reasons we do, even making efforts to understand the principles enough to make clever instruments.
Maybe the Neanderthals even knew about such ratios. It's discoverable by playing with string, or even plants.
- WalterBright 3y agoIf you just blow into a tube, it will resonate and make a sound. It's not far from that to notice that different length tubes make different notes. Eventually someone found that blowing in a tube with a hole in the side will change the note if one blocks the hole with a finger. By then, one is off and running with developing a workable flute.
- earleybird 3y agoThen someone discovers you can add a reed. Et voila, the woodwind section appears :-) Alternate ending: "suddenly jazz appears"