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Birdland · 07-01-2002, 09:10 AM

Well, we know hobbits had fiddles. I'm sure they had drums, like a bodhran or dumbek, (saw a cute "cut" scene from the movie with Elijah playing a dumbek at the party.) Also flute or penny whistle, harp and some kind of string instrument maybe.

I wondered if the people of M-E could have had a 6-string guitar, which got me curious about how far a guitar goes back. I actually found a picture of a Phoenician carving with a man carrying...you guessed it...a guitar.

People seemed to attach some kind of status to various types of instruments in the long-ago, so I could see elves playing harps or some kind of lap harp like a dulcimer. And of course, woodwind instruments. Have to wonder if you would see an elf with something as low class as a fiddle or banjo.

Dwarves would have invented brass instruments of course, and big, BIG drums!

Ents just thumped on themselves. Which I guess means that Ents invented the Hand-Jive.

07-01-2002, 09:10 AM	#12
Birdland Ghastly Neekerbreeker Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the banks of the mighty Scioto Posts: 1,751	Well, we know hobbits had fiddles. I'm sure they had drums, like a bodhran or dumbek, (saw a cute "cut" scene from the movie with Elijah playing a dumbek at the party.) Also flute or penny whistle, harp and some kind of string instrument maybe. I wondered if the people of M-E could have had a 6-string guitar, which got me curious about how far a guitar goes back. I actually found a picture of a Phoenician carving with a man carrying...you guessed it...a guitar. People seemed to attach some kind of status to various types of instruments in the long-ago, so I could see elves playing harps or some kind of lap harp like a dulcimer. And of course, woodwind instruments. Have to wonder if you would see an elf with something as low class as a fiddle or banjo. Dwarves would have invented brass instruments of course, and big, BIG drums! Ents just thumped on themselves. Which I guess means that Ents invented the Hand-Jive.