This is the 21st Century we all have ears (well most ) of this time, how can
anyone possibly say how it sounded? Mediaeval musicians took what they could
get and (probably) made the best of it using the ears that they had. Probably
European. Some people may choose to regress their choice of instruments and
change the name slightly to make it sound like something authentic but it is
just what we here would call fire wood.
Both Strad. and Amatti were superb professional makers and I believe that
they chose how to make the instruments sound THEN.
Early recordings. There are NO recordings of early celtic music IT DOES NOT
EXIST. The early English, Scots and so on folk music throughout Europe is on
cylinder. It sounds dreadful. Not the music the sound. If you take the sound
and digitally correct it so it is even and no clicks etc. it still sounds all
wrong to 21st Century ears. JON
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