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Lyre

The lyre (/ˈlaɪər/) (from Greek λύρα and Latin lyra) is a stringed musical instrument that is classified by Hornbostel–Sachs as a member of the lute family of instruments. In organology, a lyre is considered a yoke lute, since it is a lute in which the strings are attached to a yoke that lies in the same plane as the sound table, and consists of two arms…

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Cultural use in Ancient Greece

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Central and Northern European lyres

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Ancient lyres

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Developed
Sumer, Iraq, Bronze Age
Hornbostel–Sachs classification
321.2 (Composite chordophone sounded with a plectrum)

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Ancient lyres

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Central and Northern European lyres

Bowed lyres

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related to Bibliography · 44
Lyre → African Lyres, Alfred James, Ancient World, Andersson, Bachmann, Bowing, Cambridge University Press, Curt, Dutton, East, Encyclopædia Britannica, George, Hipkins, History, Hugh, In Chisholm, Iraq, Jenkins, Kathleen, Kathleen Schlesinger
related to Origin · 27
Lyre → According, Aeolian, Along, Apollo, Asia, Asia Minor, Egypt, Egyptian, From, Greece, Greece's, Greek, Greeks, Hence, Hermes, In, Ionian Greek, Lydia, Lydian, Musaeus
related to Central and Northern European lyres · 25
Lyre → Among, Austria, BCE, Biskupin, Brittany, Dürrnberg, England, Europe, Fragmented, France, Glastonbury, Greco-Roman, In, Iron Age, Isle, Lyres, Other, Poland, Possible, Proto-Celtic Hallstatt
related to Global variants and parallels · 23
Lyre → Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon Lyre, Arabian, Armenia, Black Sea, British Isles, Calabrian, Constantinopolitan, Cretan, Europe, Germanic, Italy, KraviklyraPoland, Latin, Lyre-shaped, Modern Greek, Pakistan, Politiki, Pontic, Scotland
related to External links · 19
Lyre → Anglo Saxon Lyres, Annie Bélis, Article, Cyprus, Diana Rowan, Ethiopia, From Three Perspectives, Greek, GroupsEnsemble Kérylos, Hornbostel-Sachs, Michael Levy, Michalis Georgiou, Roman, Schemes, Temesgen Hussein, The Universal Lyre, Tonal OrganizationsThe Agia Triada, United Kingdom, Yahoo
related to Western lyres · 18
Lyre → Aegean, Anatolia, Ancient Greece, BCE, Eastern, Greece, Hellenistic, Homer, Homer's, However, Italy, Like, Syria, The, They, Today, West, Western
related to Eastern lyres · 15
Lyre → Anatolia, BCE, By, East, Eastern, Egypt, Fertile Crescent, Hellenistic, Levant, Mesoptamia, Syria, The, They, West, While
related to Number of strings · 11
Lyre → BCE, Before Greek, By, CE, Greek, It, Likewise, Olympus, Plutarch, Terpander, The
related to Construction · 10
Lyre → An, Extending, Greek, It, Lyres, Nor, One, The, There, They
related to Bowed lyres · 9
Lyre → After, Arabic, Byzantine, Europe, European, Middle East, Middle-East, Some, The

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lyres ancient bce greek strings instruments instrument used eastern also egypt modern two found bowed known greece thin use anatolia

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LyreDevelopedSumer, Iraq, Bronze Age1.00infobox
LyreHornbostel–Sachs classification321.2 (Composite chordophone sounded with a plectrum)1.00infobox
Lyreis aonly one of the ancient eastern lyres that is still used in instrument design today among current practitioners of the instrument0.90text
the Byzantine lyrainstance ofthe name in the wider Hellenic space came to be used to label mostly bowed lutes0.80text
the Pontic lyrainstance ofthe name in the wider Hellenic space came to be used to label mostly bowed lutes0.80text
the Constantinopolitan lyrainstance ofthe name in the wider Hellenic space came to be used to label mostly bowed lutes0.80text
the Cretan lyrainstance ofthe name in the wider Hellenic space came to be used to label mostly bowed lutes0.80text
the lira da braccioinstance ofthe name in the wider Hellenic space came to be used to label mostly bowed lutes0.80text
the Calabrian lirainstance ofthe name in the wider Hellenic space came to be used to label mostly bowed lutes0.80text
the lijericainstance ofthe name in the wider Hellenic space came to be used to label mostly bowed lutes0.80text
the lyra violinstance ofthe name in the wider Hellenic space came to be used to label mostly bowed lutes0.80text
the lironeinstance ofthe name in the wider Hellenic space came to be used to label mostly bowed lutes0.80text

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