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Most of its instruments were lightweight , and its harps , lyres , and lutes had thin walls — just as modern ... The first string instrument to appear was the harp , shown in Mesopotamia circa 3000 BCE and four centuries later in Egypt ...
Most of its instruments were lightweight , and its harps , lyres , and lutes had thin walls — just as modern ... The first string instrument to appear was the harp , shown in Mesopotamia circa 3000 BCE and four centuries later in Egypt ...
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Steppe harps influencing the shape of ancient qin - zithers The neck - and - body would normally bring lutes to mind ... neck - and - body structure and existed in abundance on China's western border : the horizontal angular harp .
Steppe harps influencing the shape of ancient qin - zithers The neck - and - body would normally bring lutes to mind ... neck - and - body structure and existed in abundance on China's western border : the horizontal angular harp .
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These three harps have rounded sound - boxes that span the full length of the instrument . But on the Xinjiang harps the box occupies only half the length of the instrument , and the rest is a narrow horizontal neck .
These three harps have rounded sound - boxes that span the full length of the instrument . But on the Xinjiang harps the box occupies only half the length of the instrument , and the rest is a narrow horizontal neck .
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Contents
Editors Introduction | 5 |
Qijia and SeimaTurbino The Question of Early Contacts | 31 |
The Qijia Culture Paths East and West | 55 |
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