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... gettin' in tune ...

... tuning peg of my classical guitar

 

uploaded for Smile on Saturday - theme of October 6th, 2018: #CopyrightByMankind

 

In my opinion musical instruments are one of the great inventions of humankind - not essential for surviving, but giving us some happy and joyful moments : ))

 

Before the development of the electric guitar and the use of synthetic materials, a guitar was defined as being an instrument having "a long, fretted neck, flat wooden soundboard, ribs, and a flat back, most often with incurved sides."

The term is used to refer to a number of chordophones that were developed and used across Europe, beginning in the 12th century and, later, in the Americas.

A 3,300-year-old stone carving of a Hittite bard playing a stringed instrument is the oldest iconographic representation of a chordophone and clay plaques from Babylonia show people playing an instrument that has a strong resemblance to the guitar, indicating a possible Babylonian origin for the guitar. (source: wikipedia)

 

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Happy Smile on Saturday : ))

I am away for a while - with lousy internet connection ... trying to catch up some time !!

 

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... Nahaufnahme der offenen Stimm-Mechanik meiner Konzertgitarre

 

für die Gruppe “Smile on Saturday“ - Thema: Erfindungen/Schöpfungen der Menschheit

 

Musikinstrumente zählen für mich mit zu den wichtigsten Schöpfungen der Menschheit - sie sind zwar nicht erforderlich für das Überleben, schenken den Menschen aber seit Jahrtausenden Momente von Freude und Glück ... und das ist unbezahlbar!!

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