The lira, or lira da braccio, an Italian predecessor of the violin, was a 15th-century fiddle with three to five melody strings plus two off-the-fingerboard drone strings. Its bass version was the lira …

The lira was used as an instrument to accompany religious psalms, kants and epic ballads (known as dumy) performed by itinerant blind musicians called lirnyky (sing. lirnyk). Occasionally …

The 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 a pear-shaped instrument …

One more folk instrument that associated with Cossacks and epic historical ballads (dumy) is the lira. The history of this instrument goes back centuries. The lira had been used in Western …

2023年9月12日 · Discover the rich musical heritage of Ukraine through these 10 fascinating traditional instruments. From the haunting sounds of the trembita to the rhythmic beats of the …

The Cretan lyra (Greek: Κρητική λύρα) is a pear-shaped three-stringed Greek Violin, a traditional musical instrument, central to the traditional music of Crete and other islands in the …

2015年5月1日 · During the Renaissance, however, the Italian term lira referred both to the harp-like instrument of classical antiquity (the lyre) and to a bowed string instrument about the size …

2015年6月5日 · Orfeo’s instrument in the Marcantonio print was clearly a lira da braccio, so I was happy to make the identification. When I wrote to Heather, I also mentioned that one of the …

Lira (hurdy-gurdy). Folk string instrument (see Folk musical instruments). It was introduced in Ukraine from the West and spread rapidly during the 15th century. The sound is produced by …

2014年6月28日 · The history of bowed string musical instruments in Europe goes back to the 9th century with the lira (or lūrā, Greek: λύρα) of the Byzantine Empire, a bowed instrument (held …