Dear Roman: That is not what I said, I only used the Pipa as a comparison of a similar instrument comparable to a European counter part NOT BEING CLAIMED AS BEING SO.
Vance Wood. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "LUTE-LIST" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 5:25 PM Subject: Re: charango as vihuela > > Not wishing necessarily to inject another option into the mix, I think > > sometimes we tend to look at some instruments from a European/Western point > > of view and give little credit to the countries where some of the > > instruments in question can be, or were found. We look at these instruments > > as the bastard offspring of something European settlers/conquerors brought > > to the area. Is it impossible that they were developed independently of > > European influence? Best example I know is an instrument, the name of which > > escapes me, played by the Chinese. > Just why do you impose on us this preposterous presumption that we think > that pipa is a "bastard offspring of something European"???? > RT > ______________ > Roman M. Turovsky > http://polyhymnion.org/swv > > >
