The lira da braccio (or lyra de bracio) was a European bowed string instrument of the Renaissance. It was used by Italian poet-musicians in court in the...

or viola da gamba. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians describes the lirone as essentially a larger version of the lira da braccio, which has...

vielle, rebec, and lira da braccio. The history of bowed string instruments in Europe goes back to the 9th century with the Byzantine lira (or lūrā, Greek:...

manner that lyra was introduced in other regions (e.g. the Lira da braccio and Calabrian lira in Italy and the Gadulka in Bulgaria). Over the centuries...

became known as the lira da braccio (arm viol) family; the other, with sloping shoulders and held between the knees, was the lira da gamba (leg viol) group...

lira 1929–2002 Venetian lira until 1807 Lira (Ukrainian instrument), a Ukrainian folk musical instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy Lira da braccio,...

which with its modifications remained in favour until the Italian lira da braccio asserted itself as the better type, leading to the violin. The instrument...

whereas he is actually playing the lira da braccio. Although it should be Angel in Green with a lira da braccio, it is a title that has become inappropriate...

family include Baroque violin Cello da spalla Five string violin Hardanger fiddle Kit violin Kontra Låtfiol Lira da braccio Octobass Sardino Stroh violin Tenor...

lutes. For example: The Byzantine lyra, the Calabrian lira, the Cretan lyra, the lira da braccio, and the lyra viol. "Yoke lutes or lyres". Musical Instrument...

Scando-Icelandic talharpa, among others. A notable example is the Italian lira da braccio, a 15th-century bowed string instrument that many consider to be the...

the violin family may be descended in part from the lira da braccio and the medieval Byzantine lira. While the cello (which developed from the bass violin)...

into the Middle East, and the Byzantine Empire. Rebec, fiddle and lira da braccio are generally considered the ancestors of the violin, Several sources...

continued to be used in later classical music. Violin Viol Viola Cello Lira da braccio Contrabass Violone Lute Theorbo Archlute Gittern Mandore Harp Cittern...

lyra, the Constantinopolitan lyra, the Cretan lyra, the lira da braccio, the Calabrian lira, the lijerica, the lyra viol, the lirone. Europe Armenia:...

(Iceland) Latfiol (Sweden) Leiqin (China) Lijerica (Croatia) Lira (Ukraine) Lira da braccio Lirone Liujiaoxian Lokanga bara (Madagascar) Macedonian lyra...

dwells; he is in the centre playing an instrument (a contemporary lira da braccio rather than a classical lyre), surrounded by the nine muses, nine poets...

of the 14th century, though a similar instrument, usually called a lira da braccio (arm lyre), had been played since around the 9th century. The name...

1505 engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi may portray Leonardo playing a lira da braccio, but this has yet to be verified. There is no scholarly consensus on...

stringed instrument known as the Byzantine lyra, came to be called the lira da braccio, in Venice, where it is considered by many to have been the predecessor...

in folk music in Crete, Greece Lira Calabrese, a bowed instrument used in folk music in Calabria, Italy Lira da braccio, a European bowed string instrument...

the legs. The likely predecessors of the violin family include the lira da braccio and the rebec. The earliest surviving cellos are made by Andrea Amati...

Apollo played his usual lyre, which is here represented by a modern lira da braccio, an ancestor of the violin with up to seven strings. This is played...

bodhrán (track 5) Nick Hayley – sarangi (track 7), rebec (track 7), lira da braccio (track 7) Brian Hughes – oud (tracks 2, 4, 7), electric guitar (tracks...

warm and rich. The player held the gudok on his lap, like a cello or viola da gamba. It was also possible to play the gudok while standing and even while...

Forerunners of modern instruments including the mandolin and guitar. Lira da braccio Bandora Cittern Lute Orpharion Vihuela Clavichord Harpsichord Virginal...

Migliorotti (1466–1532) a singer, instrument maker and player of the lira da braccio, the instrument that typically represented Orpheus' lyre in Renaissance...

instrument known as the Byzantine lyra, would come to be called the lira da braccio, in Venice, where it is considered by many to have been the predecessor...

instruments and styles of music. In particular the three-stringed lira da braccio was introduced. By the end of the 14th century, a poetic form called...

humanists - Leonardeschi - Leonardo da Vinci - Leonardo's robot - Libro de' Disegni - Limoges enamel - Lira da braccio - Little Masters - Lives of the Most...