Talk:Music of Mesopotamia

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[edit] Intro

MichaelHardy, for future reference, what was inappropriate about the first sentence? Hyacinth 02:05, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Among the first

I hate this kind of vagueness! "The cultures of Mesopotamia were among the first to develop writing", which leaves you wondering who was the first, when the cultures of Mesopotamia were, as far as we know, the first to develop writing... So why don't we just say so? Yes it's pedantic, but whatever.

[edit] Instrumentation section super-speculative

I don't see evidence that shows anything definite about the singing style, assertions about which seem absurdly speculative (particularly considering the source which is a book on 20th century popular music!). When the article talks about 'contemporary "typically" Asian vocal qualities and techniques', what is meant by 'contemporary', and how can one generalise over all 'Asian' singing??

Well, the one thing cited is the cupping the hand over the ear, but to see this as indicating emotional quality of the singing seems rather silly. It is acoustically a way for the singer to hear him or herself more clearly, I have seen classically trained singers do it in rehearsal, as well as many sorts of folk singers both introvert and extrovert. --Tdent 18:13, 20 June 2006 (UTC)