The first way to listen to music was through the use of a phonograph. A phonograph is a device that can record and reproduce sound. It was invented in the 1870s by Thomas Edison. The phonograph used a cylinder-shaped rotating part, covered in tinfoil, and a stylus to record and play sound. The stylus would vibrate according to the sound waves, creating grooves in the tinfoil, which could then be played back by moving the stylus along the grooves.