The instruments used in the old testament can be broken down into three categories: Wind instruments, String instruments, and Percussion instruments. These instruments are thought to be animal horns, Cymbals, Tambourines, Harps, and many more instruments made from home materials, like string instruments made from skin bags and strings.

Genesis 4:21, “And his brother’s name [was] Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.”

This man, therefore, invented the wind and stringed instruments. Before him, there was probably only some percussion instruments on which early ancestors may have beaten. It is from Jubal that we get the word “jubilee.” However, the ancients called musicians and singers “kayne” or the descendants of Cain.

The association of Music in worship dates back to the beginning of times. Early in the Bible it notes believers as using instruments to show their praise.

David and all the house of Israel played music before the LORD on all kinds of instruments of fir wood, on harps, on stringed instruments, on tambourines, on sistrums, and on cymbals

-Exodus 15:20-21

Upon being released from captivity in Egypt, the Bible also notes the Israelites singing their praise to the Lord.