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Article dates earliest guitar 1800 BC!!

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Searching for some new guitar stuff I came across this

http://www.classicalguitarmidi.com/hist ... story.html

If you scroll down you can read about how similar instruments have been found by archaeologist from 1800 BC :shock: :shock:
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Yeah, I remember hearing about that at school a few years ago. The oldest playable musical instrument was a flute that was made from bird bones. That was found in China and is over 9,000 years old. :shock:
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NicDots wrote:Yeah, I remember hearing about that at school a few years ago. The oldest playable musical instrument was a flute that was made from bird bones. That was found in China and is over 9,000 years old. :shock:
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Maybe it wans't a flute, just a blowpipe with some wholes in it to make it more efficient 8)
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