Music - over 6,000 years ago in India

Started by uncloned, April 22, 2009, 21:31:39

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Sam_Zen

Very nice, Clones..! Rock music indeed.
Thousands of years ago there was an official percussion instrument in China, with granite stones of different sizes hanging from ropes in a construction like the tubular bells nowadays.
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uncloned

wow! I wish I could hear that - and these rocks in India

Sam_Zen

Checked out : The chinese instrument is called 'Bianqing'.
This instrument category is called 'Lithophones'. See the Wiki about it :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithophone

Such instruments are also used quite recently :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtHRPqFDg1k
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