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This video features clips from 4 of my many albums of my of ancient lyre music, featuring both the actual surviving fragments of the music of Ancient Greece, as well as my original compositions...
The lyre (/ ˈ l aɪər /) (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.
The lyre was a stringed musical instrument played by the ancient Greeks. It was probably the most important and well-known instrument in the Greek world.
Lyre, stringed musical instrument having a yoke, or two arms and a crossbar, projecting out from and level with the body. The strings run from a tailpiece on the bottom or front of the instrument to the crossbar. Most lyres are plucked, but a few are bowed.
Learn all you need to know to start having fun with your lyre, along with how to play two surviving ancient tunes and two modern songs, "Stairway To Heaven" by the great Led Zeppelin and "The Unforgiven" by Metallica!
Learn how to play well-known songs written by Metallica, Kansas, Céline Dion, Louis Armstrong, and Nino Rota, along with theme songs of award-winning Hollywood movies and tv-series.
The Oldest known musical melody performed by the very talented Michael Levy on the Lyre. This ancient musical fragment dates back to 1400 B.C.E. and was disc...
In ancient Greek music, only the professionals played the kithara, whereas the chelys (Greek for the tortoiseshell lyre), was for domestic use, for example at a symposium, an ancient Greek drinking party.
The lyre is a stringed musical instrument that has its roots in ancient Greece, often associated with the divine and the arts. It features a soundbox and two arms connected by strings, which were traditionally plucked to produce melodious tones.
It's not an instrument you're likely to see make an appearance during a modern musical performance, but the lyre played a major role in ancient Greek culture. But even before it began popping up at private drinking party performances and religious ceremonies, an earlier version of the stringed instrument likely originated in the ancient Middle ...