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Fascinating. Thanks for pointing to that. I read your post to mean *you* were building the lyre. If so, very much look forward to your rendition of an ancient Sumerian love song.
Cool. In terms of music, I posted some recent breakthroughs with Ancient Greek music, going back as far as 600 BC, so I think the melodies (pretty normal, or understandable) are probably not much different than the ancient Sumerian. I mean we don't have to stretch our imaginations too far there, and both cultures likely owe some music influence back to the ancient Egyptians, who’s “lutes” look pretty fun to play in the depicted art works (with tuning pegs it seems). Also this thing could be strummed by blocking the strings you don't want to hear, almost like chords that harmonize with the melody. (I thought it was called the Kithara, but it is basically a lyre anyway). So rasgueados are very old conceptually, and it might be silly to pretend they don't develop until the Baroque time on guitars and lutes.
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