Article dates earliest guitar 1800 BC!!

Cpt Matt Sparrow · Post by **Cpt Matt Sparrow** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 2:22 pm

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

NicDots · Post by **NicDots** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 4:51 pm

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.

Cpt Matt Sparrow · Post by **Cpt Matt Sparrow** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 5:40 pm

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.

wow

Stewie · Post by **Stewie** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 6:40 pm

Maybe it wans't a flute, just a blowpipe with some wholes in it to make it more efficient