No I don't. Neither instrument has ever been "traditionally" a man or woman's instrument. Throughout the history of both instruments, both sexes have played them. The guitar has also been played by both sexes since the earliest guitars in the Renaissance. Both women and men played lutes and different necked and neckless stringed instruments for centuries long before that across many cultures and time periods. So while you might think musical instruments were separated by sex, history doesn't actually support your worldview on that.
This is shifting a bit off topic so all I'll conclude with I don't really see anything that suggests that Ines is anything close to being tomboyish. I could probably agree with Amrit or Elspeth being more stereotypical tomboys, but not Ines or Vi.
When I say something traditionally was played by women or men I don’t mean exclusively I mean they were primarily played by one sex or that it was socially unacceptable to play instruments that weren’t soft sounding and string based. Things like the piano, the violin, lute and the zither were played primarily by women for extended periods of time. Upper class women were quite literally expected to learn to play them.
It was either that or they didn’t play instruments at all. At least not professionally. See this article:
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History literally supports my point, and that is why I will keep Ines in my potentially tomboy bucket. If she isn’t a tomboy we will make her one
