> just kidding ... > > on the following site: > > http://charangoperu.elcharango.com/Origencharango.htm > > i've also read that while some colonial officials > promoted the idea that indians should engage in > european culture there were others who fiercely > opposed it. one of the ways this was expressed was to > prohibit indians from playing european instruments. > they got around this by making the instruments smaller > and easier to hide. i believe the ottomans also did > this to the greeks; the result of which was the > baglamas. > > thought for the week ... Must be the ennui of ferragosto. "Baglamas" were known to greeks LONG before Ottomans came along, under the name Pandoura.
> > do you think it's possible to make a small, 5c. guitar > or vihuela without someone calling it a charango? Yes. But there always be types who say "neat guitar you have there" to an owner of a lute. RT To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
