In the beginning

As Crosby stated..."Music Is Love"

I would imagine that the human voice was the first instrument and they were imitating sounds they heard in nature.  It was probably hunting related and then evolved.

Just watch the Flintstones. The history of all things old.. LOL

Actually ROCK guitar.. The singing was people screaming and running from Sabertooth Tigers. When they were caught. That was the starting of the REAL Blues. It wasn't about women and men it was about who was the slowest runner.

Regards

The initial invention of music was portrayed in the 1981 movie “Cave Man” with Ringo.  We obsessive audiophiles are the result. Low brow humor for sure.

I R Weasel.

It all started about 50 years back when I found a trophy phonograph and few records to spin. Then few years back, I found accordion and started to try to repeat to what I listened on this particular phonograph.

What was before that, I don't really care.