In the beginning

Why did folks beat a stick on a log? Appease the Gods? Blow off steam? Impress a probable mate? Accompany oral mythologies assisting memory?

I need a good book on how music may have begin. Plus your thoughts.

jpwarren5812-05-2021 3:56am

infection Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 808 posts 12-07-2021 at 07:41am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @spenav Both.
waytoomuchstuff Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,159 posts 12-07-2021 at 04:32pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete It began when a walnut fell out of a tree, hit the ground, made a "thump", then developed a distinct percussive cadence as it rolled down a hill arriving at it's final destination in a pond producing an audible "swish". An individual in a group of an evolving species observed this and thought something similar to: "Hey, that was pretty cool." It peaked in 1968 with Ron Bushy's drum solo In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida.
sandthemall Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 544 posts 12-10-2021 at 04:12pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Bingo, the first instrument was a drum
builder3 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 764 posts 12-10-2021 at 04:28pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete People first beat a stick on a log, or something similar, to communicate over distance. Survival was primary. The "arts" came later.
millercarbon Details Discussions Posts This discussion 12,531 posts 12-11-2021 at 09:54am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Watts nailed it. As usual.