Welcome to the ancient subpage! This page goes more in depth on the ancient history and models of the guitar.
Although a lot of the history of the guitar pre-dates written history, we can infer based on relics found
throughout those periods
Another guitar-like instrument, which is also still alive and well today, is the tanbur family.
A tanbur is a long-necked string instrument that has a small pear- or egg-shaped body.
This instrument will have either an arched or round back, and often has a soundboard made of wood
or hide, and a long straight neck. Tomb paintings and stone carvings show the tanbur and harps
being played together more than 3,500 – 4,500 years ago. The guitar was not the first instrument of it's time,
it was predated by other instruments like the lute, tanbur, chartar, kthara, harp, and many other early
stringed instruments.
