Lira

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Lira je žičani muzički instrument i jedan je od najpopularnijih instrumenata u Staroj Grčkoj. Njena rezonantska kutija je bila od kornjačine kore. Učenje lire je u Atini bilo obavezno za sve omladince. Pored lire, poznati grčki instrumenti su kitara i aulos.

Antički trzalački instrument lira je bio poznat Sumeranima, Egipćanima i drugim narodima Prednjeg istoka. U Grka dobija svoj tipičan oblik, sličan gitari, sa 5-7 žica koje su se trzale prstima ili trzalicom. Raširena je od 6. veka pre nove ere, naročito kao instrument grčkih pesnika i pevača lirika.

Literatura

• Chisholm, Hugh, ur. (1911). „Lyre”. Encyclopædia Britannica (na jeziku: engleski) (11 izd.). Cambridge University Press. 
• Andersson, Otto. The Bowed Harp, translated and edited by Kathleen Schlesinger (London: New Temple Press, 1930).
• Bachmann, Werner. The Origins of Bowing, trans. Norma Deane (London: Oxford University Press, 1969).
• Jenkins, J. "A Short Note on African Lyres in Use Today." Iraq 31 (1969), p. 103 (+ pl. XVIII).
• Kinsky, George. A History of Music in Pictures (New York: E.P. Dutton, 1937).
• Sachs, Curt. The Rise of Music in the Ancient World, East and West (New York: W.W. Norton, 1943).
• Sachs, Curt. The History of Musical Instruments (New York: W.W. Norton, 1940).

Spoljašnje veze

• Anglo Saxon Lyres at Yahoo!Groups
• Ensemble Kérylos a music group directed by scholar Annie Bélis, dedicated to the recreation of ancient Greek and Roman music, and playing instruments reconstructed on archaeological reference.
• "The Universal Lyre – From Three Perspectives" Article by Diana Rowan: a survey of three current lyre practitioners and builders – Temesgen Hussein of Ethiopia, Michalis Georgiou of Cyprus and Michael Levy of the United Kingdom.