对欧洲音乐史的论述,通常都是从古希腊与古罗马时期开始,但并不表示在此之前就没有任何音乐活动。从人类起源到最早文明形成的历史时段,即约从距今170万年前到公元前3000年,被称作人类的远古时期。这个时期的音乐状况很原始,还没有形成独立的音乐形态。 Discourse on the history of European music, usually from the beginning of ancient Greece and ancient Rome, but does not mean that before there is no music activities. The historical period from the origins of mankind to the birth of the earliest civilizations, about from the age of 1.7 million years ago to 3000 BC, is called the ancient period of mankind. The music situation in this period is very primitive, and no independent music form has yet been formed.