do you know anything about ancient music?

Answer 1

There is a body of surviving Byzantine music which has not yet been thoroughly studied, but has appeared on some records (a few such items are off of the Greek citation above). This leads seamlessly into the Medieval era, and presumably into the Ottoman court styles outside of the focus of this site. However, any truly notable Byzantine releases will be mentioned here as they appear.

Finally, the earliest known songs of what might be broadly termed Western culture are the Biblical Psalms. There is a notation accompanying the entire Old Testament, although its claims to antiquity (more than a thousand years or so) are disputed. Various attempts to interpret these signs have been made in different eras, but one modern solution seems to be catching on. A recording devoted to these reconstructions:

La Musique de la Bible revélée
notation millénaire décryptée
Suzanne Haïk Vantoura
Harmonia Mundi musique d'abord 190989

Some clay tablets from Ancient Mesopotamia indicating a musical notation also exist, and attempts have been made to perform them. Some attempts have also been made for Ancient Egyptian music. This survey must conclude at this point, without a journey farther East, as it becomes more & more removed from the focus of the FAQ. The natural continuation for even music of Egypt or Sumeria is the classical Arabic tradition which formed in medieval times, and this is not treated by the FAQ.

Returning to Western Europe, some scattered Roman chant manuscripts do survive from the 7th & 9th centuries alongside some similar Milanese repertory, but these are in styles similar to the Gregorian chant of the 10th century and beyond. Plainchant survives in quantity from c.890 onward.

Whether it remains a possibility that other surviving ancient music styles will come to light, I cannot really say, but suspect not, at least for Europe. While some try to place Celtic music in this category, like all folk music, it is not written and hence a different artform. The demonstrable roots of Celtic music are not especially old, and what preceded it is unknown.

Answer 2

How ancient? Gregorian chants or cavemen's choral (dropping rocks on each other's toes and listening to them freaking out)... lol

Answer 3

that it was simple