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Aquanova
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 Posted - 07 Jan 2006 : 19:29:25
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So I was looking for a classical guitar instrument as a change from the lutes/lyres in the Realms, and according to our beloved FRCS page 22, the yarting is a guitar used in Faerun. But what type of guitar is it closest to? As it's Calishite, something makes me want to think it's close to an oud, the Arabic proto-acoustic guitar. But then again, Tethyr is right next to Calimshan, so its pseudo-Spanish culture makes me think again.
What I'm looking for is a Faerunian equivalent to the flamenco guitar, in particular. I would think that Tethyr or more likely Turmish would have a closely-related instrument, but I'm just going on hunches and any ideas or leads would be appreciated. 
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Faraer
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Posted - 07 Jan 2006 : 20:17:16
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I'm sceptical of the FRCS's note that yartings are 'growing in popularity after coming out of Amn and Calimshan some time in the past forty or fifty years', since it's a traditional symbol of Oghma.
But other than a reference in FRC2 Curse of the Azure Bonds to yartings, or one particular yarting, being eight-stringed, we don't know what kind of guitar yartings are like. I would either make it whatever you prefer, or ask Ed on his thread.
I have to also say that Steven Schend using some Spanish/Moorish influence in developing Amn and Tethyr doesn't make them pseudo-Spanish; don't expect the official Realms to have pseudo-flamenco. |
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Aquanova
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Posted - 07 Jan 2006 : 22:38:52
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quote:
Originally posted by Faraer
I have to also say that Steven Schend using some Spanish/Moorish influence in developing Amn and Tethyr doesn't make them pseudo-Spanish; don't expect the official Realms to have pseudo-flamenco.
Well I knew that they're not copies of Spain and flamenco, but they're somewhat comparable, ala Chessenta and Ancient Greece.
I suppose I didn't quite properly word my desire- I was looking for an instrument that sounded like the two guitars I mentioned. Obviously I'd have to be quite silly if I asked where I could find a flamenco troupe and their instruments in Faerun.  |
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Yarting?
