title: 2nd millennium BC in music
text: # 2nd millennium BC in music
  
  3rd millennium BC in music - 2nd millennium BC in music - 1st millennium BC in music
  
  ## Events
  
  * 2000 BC - Percussion instruments are added to Egyptian orchestras.
  * 2000 BC - The trumpet is played in Denmark.
  * 1500 BC - Harps are played in Egypt.
  * 1500 BC - Guitar, lyre, trumpet, and tambourine are used by the Hittites.
  * 1400 BC - the Hurrian song is engraved on a clay tablet.
  