The World's Oldest Known Notated Piece of Music

[Canard]

It is 3,400 years old. It is a song transcribed on to a clay tablet. It took a while to figure the notation scheme.

Listen to the enchanting sound of the world’s oldest song, the Hurrian Hymn

Written on a 3,400-year-old clay tablet found in the ruins of a royal palace in Syria, this is what the in-crowd were dancing to in 1400BC.

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[sailingshoes72]

Very cool! I enjoyed listening to the melody played on the lyre. The detective work to make sense of the music notation is an interesting project. Thanks for posting.

 

[walrus]

That is way cool!

walrus

 

[RBSinTo]

The melody is interesting, but the translation of the lyrics is incorrect.
I believe they should read:
"99 bottles of beer on the wall, 99 bottles of beer.
If one of the bottles should happen to fall, 98 bottles of beer on the wall...."
Who knew?
RBSinTo

 

[zulu]

I'm pretty sure Zeppelin stole that riff