The types of instruments used in ancient music, including strings, winds, and percussion, as well as their design and construction.
History of Ancient Music Instruments: A study of the evolution and development of ancient musical instruments through various ancient cultures.
Types of Ancient Music Instruments: Identification and classification of various types of ancient musical instruments, such as harps, lyres, flutes, and percussion instruments.
Construction and Maintenance of Ancient Music Instruments: Understanding the methods of constructing and maintaining ancient musical instruments.
Tuning and Pitch of Ancient Music Instruments: An extensive study of the methods used to tune and pitch ancient musical instruments.
Playing Techniques of Ancient Music Instruments: Understanding the various playing techniques, such as plucking, strumming, blowing, and percussion, used in playing ancient musical instruments.
Repertoire of Ancient Music Instruments: A study of the repertoire of ancient music and the role that various ancient musical instruments played in the music.
Performance Practice of Ancient Music: Understanding the performance practice associated with the playing of ancient music using various ancient musical instruments.
Comparison with Modern Instruments: Comparing and contrasting the similarities and differences between ancient musical instruments and their modern counterparts.
Replication of Ancient Music Instruments: An in-depth study of the design and techniques used to replicate ancient musical instruments in the modern era.
Cultural and Social Significance: Understanding the cultural and social significance of ancient musical instruments and their contribution to various ancient cultures.
Archaeological Discoveries and Research: A study of the archaeological discoveries and historical research which help us understand ancient musical instruments and their usage.
Cross-Cultural Influence: A study of the cross-cultural influence on ancient music and the instruments used in this tradition, as well as how these influences have impacted modern music.
String Instruments: These are instruments that produce sound by plucking, striking, or bowing strings. Some examples include the harp, lyre, and lute.
Wind Instruments: Instruments that produce sound by blowing into them like the flute, panpipes, and horn. Ancient wind instruments used a variety of materials such as reeds, bones, or hollowed-out tree trunks.
Percussion Instruments: These are instruments that produce sound by striking or shaking, for example, drums, cymbals, and rattles.
Brass Instruments: Brass instruments are played by blowing into a mouthpiece and have metal tubes that create the sound. Examples include the trumpet, tuba, and horn.
Woodwind Instruments: Instruments with a narrow tube, including flutes and bagpipes, are called woodwind instruments. They are blown like wind instruments and made of materials such as wood or bone.
Keyboard Instruments: These are instruments that use a set of keys, which are pressed to produce sound. Examples include the organ and the harpsichord.
Plucked Instruments: These instruments produce sound by plucking strings with the fingers and are composed of two or more strings stretched over a soundbox, like the sitar or the guitar.
Percussion group: The percussion group includes instruments that create sound by striking or rubbing, including drums, cymbals, bells, maracas, and xylophones.
Keyboard group: The keyboard group includes instruments that have a keyboard and make sounds by connecting pins, hammers, or strings, like the harpsichord or the piano.
Wind group: The wind group includes instruments that produce sounds by blowing air like flutes, oboes, and clarinets.
Brass group: The brass group includes instruments that sound products by the lips' vibrations in a metal pipe, like the trumpet or the tuba.
Vocal group: The vocal group includes singers that produce musical sounds by their vocal cords' vibration.