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All dates in this chronology are approximations (c.) and occur before the common era (B.C.E.).
| 2675–2170 | Tomb carvings record the earliest representations of singing and clapping, the first percussion instrument. Carvings also depict female musicians shaking the menat, a rattle/necklace used in worship. |
| Egyptian ensembles first use the flute-like mat and the clarinet-like memet. Both solo and ensemble musicians begin to use the arched harp. | |
| Carvings show singers making hand gestures. Scholars conjecture that such gestures might serve to signal particular notes to the musicians or represent spontaneous feeling. | |
| Evidence from tomb carvings suggests that Egyptians may have used music to flush animals from the marsh during hunting. | |
| A tomb carving of the song "Bata Mutilates Himself" provides the first record of an Egyptian song, also known from The Story of Two Brothers recorded on papyrus. | |
| The sistrum—a rattle-like... |
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