Bone Flute or Bamboo Flute Analyze the Development of Civilization of the Flutes
Shuang Song · Journal of Guangxi University for Nationalities · 2007
The discovery of prehistory musical instruments such as the JiaHu bone flutes and the HemuDu bone whistles shows that the history of music in China has been more than 7,000 years old.Such discovery arises some thinks that which one is the origin of the prehistory musical instruments,the bone flutes or the bamboo flutes.Furthermore,why we can not find out any bamboo flutes on the prehistory civilization and corresponding,any bone flutes on the later civilization.By comparing on the materials,the making techniques and the information of society,we point out the inevitable trend of development on the history of music that,from the bone flutes to the bamboo flutes.