History of music in the biblical period ancient form. (see photo) The flute was commonly used for festal and mourning occasions, according to Whitcomb. "Even the poorest Hebrew was obliged to employ two flute-players to perform at his wife's funeral." The shofar (the horn of a ram) is still used for special liturgical purposes such as the Jewish New Year services in Jewish communities. As such, it is not considered a musical instrument but an instrument of theological symbolism which has been intentionally kept to its primitive character. In ancient times it was used for warning of danger, to announce the new moon or beginning of Sabbath,
Wind instrument sound with a vibrating reed. On the other hand, the didgeridoo, the wooden cornett (not to be confused with the cornet, which is made of brass) and the serpent are all made of wood (or plastic tubing, in the case of modern serpents), and the olifant made from ivory, but all of them belong to the family of brass instruments because the vibrating is done by the player's lips. In the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, wind instruments are classed as aerophones. Sound production in all wind instruments depends on the entry of air into a flow-control valve attached