Nature sounds, patterns and repetition surely played an important role as inspiration for early humans to become musicians.

It is likely that the first musical instrument was the human voice itself

from the Setouchi Peninsula of Japan, known as "sanukites" or "setouchites". Sanukite has been used as the material for the bars of the hōkyō, a lithophone invented in Japan.

Divje Babe Bone Flute Replica. Whistles and Flutes were found in many Paleolithic caves. It is believed they were use in rituals and celebrations. In 1995, Ivan Turk found an approximately 43,100 year-old juvenile cave bear femur at the Divje Babe site, near a Mousterian hearth. Because it has characteristics of a flute, he has called it a "Neanderthal flute".[7] Whether it is actually a flute created by Neanderthals is a subject of debate. It is broken at both ends, and has two complete holes and what may be the incomplete remains of one hole on each end, meaning that the bone may have had four or more holes before being damaged. The bone fragment is the diaphysis of the left femur of a one to two year-old cave bear, and is 113.6 mm long. The maximum diameters of the two complete holes are 9.7 and 9.0 mm. The distance between the centers of the holes is 35 mm.[13]
If the bone is a flute, it would be evidence of the existence of music 43,000 years ago.[14][15] Thus Ivan Turk has asserted that whether the holes are of "artificial" (made by man) or "natural" (punctures from a carnivore bite) origin is the "crucial question."[7]

The first modern humans in Europe were playing musical instruments and showing artistic creativity as early as 42,000 years ago. A flute from the site of Geißenklösterle made from mammoth ivory. The flutes, made from bird bone and mammoth ivory, come from a cave in southern Germany which contains early evidence for the occupation of Europe by modern humans

The flutes date back at least 35,000 years and are some of the earliest musical instruments ever found.[

The bullroarer, Rhombus, or Turndun, is an ancient ritual musical instrument and a device historically used for communicating over greatly extended distances. It dates to the Paleolithic period, being found in Ukraine dating from 17,000 BC. Anthropologist Michael Boyd, a Bullroarer expert, documents a number found in Europe, Asia, the Indian sub-continent, Africa, the Americas, and Australia.[2]
In ancient Greece it was a sacred instrument used in the Dionysian Mysteries and is still used in rituals worldwide.[3]

The earliest recognized drum dates back some 8,000 years to Mesopotamia – specifically the Babylonian and Sumerian empires. Ancient drums consisted of animal skin stretched across some sort of hollow shell. Another form of early drum consisted of hollowed out logs that were beat with sticks.

In 1929, there were five lyres discovered in a royal burial pit in the ancient Sumerian city of Ur (in southern Mesopotamia) by the British archeologist, Sir Leonard Woolley. Unfortunately, these instruments were simply laid in the ground nearly 4500 years ago, and covered over with earth so they were completely crushed flat and any organic material used in their construction quickly rotted and turned to dust. Two of the lyres, however, had been made of wood covered with a layer of silver sheeting about the thickness of a tin can. The wood beneath the silver disintegrated but the silver itself did not, although after 4500 years it became heavily oxidized and turned black. The archeologists poured melted wax over what was left of the lyres and when the wax hardened they carefully lifted them out of the ground. Just to put things into perspective, these instruments were made nearly 2000 years before Stonehenge and the Great Pyramid of Giza.

The ravanahatha is believed by the indigenous Sinhalese ethnic majority to have originated among the Hela civilization of Sri Lanka in the time of King Ravana. (ca. 2500 BC). The bowl is made of a cut coconut shell that is covered with goat hide. A Dandi, made of bamboo, is attached to this shell. The two principle strings are made of steel and horsehair, respectively. The long bow has jingle bells.

The trumpets, one of sterling silver and one of bronze are considered to be the oldest operational trumpets in the world, and the only known surviving examples from ancient Egypt. The trumpets were found in 1922 by Howard Carter. Both of them were sounded for the first time in over 3,000 years to a live audience of an estimated 150 million listeners through a BBC broadcast aired on April 16, 1939. The trumpets were played by a Bandsman, James Tappern of Prince Albert's Own 11th Royal Hussars regiment. The recording was recently featured, and can be heard on the BBC Radio program series "Ghost Music.

The Oldest known musical melody performed by Michael Levy on the Lyre. This ancient musical fragment dates back to 1400 B.C.E. and was discovered in the 1950's in Ugarit, Syria. It was interpreted by Dr. Richard Dumbrill. He wrote a book entitled "The Archaeomusicology of the Ancient Near East."

"Of the vedas I am the Sama". This veda is dearest to the Gods.
While chanting this veda, soma juice is offered to the Gods. This is a melodic veda with precise intonations to create exalted and peacful vibrations in the brain. Many of the verses are rig vedic and this specific recital is as per the Kuthuma Sakha.
Vedas create powerful vibrations and therefore should be chanted and listened by people who are proficient and are able to control such potent mantras.
Meditate and be aware of the sound while listening to the great Vedas.

Not this ones. A set of stone musical instrument dating from 3,000 years ago has been handed over to the museum of the southern province of Binh Thuan.

The 6 Brudevælte lurs date back approximately to 800 - 700 BC. Even today, after almost 3000 years, the old bronze-lurs from Brudevælte are in such a fine condition that they can be played.