Yes, this is true, Bill. An invention that is about to occur frequently happens in more than one place around the same time as the technology, social structure, etc. that supports it is ready. Scientific discoveries have happened this way, why not musical instrument development?
Cheers, Marion -----Original Message----- From: bill kilpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Mar 23, 2005 1:01 PM To: "Dr. Marion Ceruti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Michael Thames <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, LUTE-LIST <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>, Roman Turovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jon Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: LUTE-etymology i just read an article recently which states that the domestication of pigs happened at several times in human development and in several locations. before, it was thought that pigs became domesticated at one time, in one location and were taken with "us" on our migrations. i personally like the idea of a tibetan origin for the lute but is it possible that it appeared as frequently and in as many places in the past as the domesticated pig? - bill "and thus i made...a small vihuela from the shell of a creepy crawly..." - Don Gonzalo de Guerrero (1512), "Historias de la Conquista del Mayab" by Fra Joseph of San Buenaventura. go to: http://www.charango.cl/paginas/quieninvento.htm Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html