The Egyptians loved music and it apparently played an important part in their lives, this is demonstrated on the walls of tombs and temples as early as the Old Kingdom whether in private banquets or in religious contexts, under the offering table of the deceased. Egyptian- musical instruments were well developed and varied. The music scenes of the Old Kingdom included string instruments like different types of harps, percussion instruments like clappers and rattles, wind instruments like flutes, clarinets, double pipes. Music-bands appear on walls as early as the 5th dynasty, some of which were male or female bands or even mixed bands, the number of musicians differed as well. This paper is concerned with the formation of music bands in the Old Kingdom in relation to participants' gender and number, how they are seated also musical instruments used, their designation in the ancient Egyptian language. The study ends with a conclusion.
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