Byzantine lyra or lira (Greek: λύρα) was a medieval bowed string musical instrument in the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire. In its popular form, the lyra was...
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The Cretan lyra (Greek: Κρητική λύρα) is a Greek pear-shaped, three-stringed bowed musical instrument, central to the traditional music of Crete and other...
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Glockenspiel (redirect from Bell lyra)
States, and Canada, a form of glockenspiel is called a bell lyre, bell lyra, or lyra-glockenspiel. The bell lyre is a form of glockenspiel commonly used...
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Lyra's Oxford is set when Lyra Belacqua is 15, two years after the end of the trilogy. The book consists mainly of an illustrated short story, "Lyra and...
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Lyre (redirect from Liar (instrument))
divide instruments referred to as kitharis into two subgroups, the round-based cylinder kithara and the flat-based concert kithara. 5th century BCE. Lyra or...
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Classical kemençe (redirect from Politikí lyra)
('pear-shaped kemenche') or Politiki lyra (Greek: πολίτικη λύρα, 'Constantinopolitan lyre') is a pear-shaped bowed instrument that derived from the medieval...
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Look up Lyra or lyra in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lyra is a constellation. Lyra may also refer to: Lyre, a stringed musical instrument used in...
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Division viol Lirone Lyra viol Pardessus de viol Vihuela de arco Violone Viola d'amore Byzantine lyra Calabrian lira Cretan lyra Gadulka Ghaychak Kamancheh...
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Kemençe of the Black Sea (redirect from Pontian lyra)
Pontiakí lýra or Pontic lyre, Laz: Çilili (ჭილილი), Armenian: քամանի Qamani, Pontic: lyra) is a Greek and Turkish traditional musical instrument. It belongs...
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Lira da braccio (redirect from Lyra da braccio)
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...
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Lijerica (category Bowed string instruments)
notable for his use of the instrument is Mate Bulić. The lijerica is closely related to the bowed musical instrument lyra (lūrā) of the Byzantine Empire...
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His Dark Materials (section Lyra's Oxford)
The Amber Spyglass (2000). It follows the coming of age of two children, Lyra Belacqua and Will Parry, as they wander through a series of parallel universes...
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The Macedonian lyra (Greek: Μακεδονική λύρα) is a Greek pear-shaped, three-stringed bowed musical instrument, used mainly in the Greek folk music of the...
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singer and performer of lyra, the bowed string instrument of Crete and most popular surviving form of the medieval Byzantine lyra. Psarantonis comes from...
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dulcimer Bowed guitar Bowed psaltery (United States) Byzaanchy (Tuva) Byzantine lyra (Greece) Calabrian Lira (Italy) Cello Electric cello Cello da spalla Chagane...
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pieces written for the instrument range from single melodic lines, to lyra trios and duets, lyra with other instruments, and lyra as accompaniment for a...
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"Lyra" references the lyre string instrument. This name was chosen after the similarity between the shape of the animal's ossicones and the instrument...
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Lira (disambiguation) (redirect from Lira (instrument))
the Renaissance Byzantine lyra or lira, a medieval bowed string instrument Calabrian lira, a bowed string instrument Cretan lyra, a Greek pear-shaped, three-stringed...
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typical instruments included the urghun (organ), shilyani (probably a type of harp or lyre), salandj (probably a bagpipe) and the lyra. The Byzantine lyra, a...
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Yoke lutes (redirect from Lyre family instruments)
The Byzantine lyra, the Calabrian lira, the Cretan lyra, the lira da braccio, and the lyra viol. "Yoke lutes or lyres". Musical Instrument Museums Online...
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himself as Sir Charles Latrom, Lyra realises he has stolen her alethiometer. Sir Charles promises to return the instrument in return for a powerful knife...
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Byzantine lyra Bouzouki Cretan lyra Calabrian lira Guitar Kanonaki Mandolin Mandola Oudola Oud Psaltery Politiki lyra (Constantinople lyra) Santouri Laouto...
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Lirone (redirect from Lyra de gamba)
of the lira family of instruments that was popular in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. It is a bowed string instrument with between 9 and 16 gut...
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Lutar Sintir Qanun Iraqi Santur Jawzah Ghuanbri Kamancheh Rababa Pontic lyra Simsimiyya Kissar Tanbūra Jewish Lyre Ney Kawalah Salamiyah Minjayrah Shababah...
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This is a list of musical instruments, including percussion, wind, stringed, and electronic instruments. AlphaSphere Audiocubes Bass pedals Continuum...
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LYRA (Lyman Alpha Radiometer) is the solar UV radiometer on board Proba-2, a European Space Agency technology demonstration satellite that was launched...
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Calabrian lira (category Bowed instruments)
Byzantine lyra, as a typical bowed instrument of the Byzantines (Margaret J. Kartomi, 1990). Similar bowed instruments descendants of the Byzantine lyra have...
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Frame drum Jew's harp Nakers Pandeiro Tabor Tambourine Timbrel Citole Cretan lyra Dulcimer Fiddle Gittern Guitarra latina Guitarra morisca Medieval harp (Medieval...
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Pontic Greek music (section Lyra)
hardships of the exchange and longing for home. Traditional instruments used today include the lyra, daouli, zurna, dankiyo, tulum, and oud. Pontic music often...
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Kemenche (category Articles with MusicBrainz instrument identifiers)
Kemenche (Turkish: kemençe) or Lyra is a name used for various types of stringed bowed musical instruments originating in the Eastern Mediterranean, particularly...
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