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Cyrus Shahmiri 
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 Topic: Tar, the oldest musical instrument?Posted: 06-Oct-2004 at 11:50 |
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As you can read here, Tar is the most popular musical instrument of Iran, which in Persian means string. It is a string instrument with a pear-shaped body and six strings.
Is it the oldest musical instrument? |
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Posted: 06-Oct-2004 at 12:12 |
IIRC archaeologists have found a 20.000 year old flute in Africa. But the tar is probably the oldest musical instument with strings. |
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Cywr
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Posted: 06-Oct-2004 at 12:53 |
They've found Neandathal flutes somewhere that are some 3 times that old. |
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TJK
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Posted: 06-Oct-2004 at 13:00 |
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Why this topis is in the Moderators Room ?
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Cyrus Shahmiri
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Posted: 06-Oct-2004 at 13:07 |
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lol because other forums were locked! |
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Cywr
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Posted: 06-Oct-2004 at 13:53 |
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Theres a tale that Gypsies bought the Guitar to Spain, complementing
the string instruments that already existed there, and the 'Gypsies'
(if we assume this means the Roma, for it could also refer to other
traveling groups) passed though Iran on their way to Europe.
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JanusRook
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Posted: 06-Oct-2004 at 23:00 |
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'Tis an evil time when the moderators hide general discussion topics from us common peons. |
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Economic Communist, Political Progressive, Social Conservative.
Unless otherwise noted source is wiki. |
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ihsan
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Posted: 09-Oct-2004 at 05:47 |
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Guitar was invented by Andalusian Arabs, it's real name is Al Kitre.
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Nick1986
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Posted: 14-Jun-2012 at 19:33 |
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Arab contribution to Spanish music:
http://www.syriatoday.ca/salloum-spanish.htm |
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TheAlaniDragonRising
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Posted: 15-Jun-2012 at 07:03 |
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The human voice, or percussion sounds like clapping...etc... could be classed as some instruments pre-dating any others.
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What a handsome figure of a dragon. No wonder I fall madly in love with the Alani Dragon now, the avatar, it's a gorgeous dragon picture.
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Centrix Vigilis
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Posted: 15-Jun-2012 at 08:09 |
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42,000 year old bone flutes and whistles.
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"Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"
S. T. Friedman Pilger's law: 'If it's been officially denied, then it's probably true' |
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