Do you play a musical instrument? I used to play piano as a child.
I played piano for maybe a year when I was little. I hated practicing! It wasn't for me. 
Yeah, same here. I wanted to play sports instead. Musical instruments dates back to the beginning of human culture.
I imagine archaeologists have found all kinds of evidence of musical instruments, huh?
That's correct. Early instruments may have been used for rituals such as religious ceremonies.
I bet the first instruments were probably drums Banging on something to make a sound is about as simple as it gets. 
Many scholars think the earliest instrument is a flute which dates back 67,000 years but there could be earlier we haven't found yet.
Oh, that's interesting. That's a long time ago! I wonder how long stringed instruments have been around. At least since the Renaissance...?
String instruments produce sound by vibrating strings. They have been played for about 500 years.
Oh I might have thought they were around longer than that. I imagine the early flutes were probably made out of reeds. Wonder who first figured out they could make music!