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Topic started on 29-3-2012 @ 03:48 PM by Blackmarketeer
Skye cave find western Europe's 'earliest string instrument'
(BBC.com)

A cave in Skye has turned up what may be Western Europe's oldest string instrument;



Archaeologists believe they have uncovered the remains of the earliest stringed instrument to be found so far in western Europe.


The article goes into more depth on the role of Skye as an important cultural center back then and that this cave was likely used for musical 'transformations';

"Within the cave, sound forms a major component of this transformation, the noise of the underground stream in particular producing a calming environment."



reply posted on 29-3-2012 @ 04:24 PM by Biliverdin
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Given the picture further down the page that you link to, following the looting of the Bagdad museum...the OPs may now be the oldest surviving one though...and it is still the oldest found in Western Europe and better at showing the evolution of music technology.


reply posted on 29-3-2012 @ 04:50 PM by Biliverdin
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Phew...that's a relief. Yes we British are far more careful when we do our looting and then keep it very secure so that the favour is never returned.


reply posted on 29-3-2012 @ 08:24 PM by Blackmarketeer
Speaking of Sumerian lyres, Ensemble De Organographia has performed music on traditional ancient instruments based on discovered notated music;



This is where an ancient culture really comes alive, when it can preserve and pass down it's music.
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reply posted on 29-3-2012 @ 10:19 PM by Hanslune
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Sounds distressing like a Japanese koto - which I dislike intensely! Right along with chicken liver sushi and tomato surprise
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reply posted on 30-3-2012 @ 10:25 AM by Astyanax
reply to post by Hanslune


Older but not Western European, I guess.

By the way, that looks to me like the bridge of a lute-like instrument, with notches over which the strings pass. The round hole is a bit of a puzzle but their may be there for some valid acoustic reason.


reply posted on 7-4-2012 @ 09:40 AM by tetriswoooo
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i hope there will be working recreations i want one sooooo bad
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