re: #200 Cato the Elder

Note:

The four-stringed upright bowed instrument is a cousin of the violin, viola, viola da gamba, cello, and contrabass.

The four-stringed plucked instrument is a cousin of the banjo.

The round drum is a cousin of the Irish bodhran.

All of them are very, very ancient. Probably some of them are the same instruments that King David wrote for, sung along with, and listened to.

Music is indeed the universal language. Honi soit qui mal y pense.

It has a sort of bluegrass sound to me, with the very bright, sharp, string notes.