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Original Cretan Lyra | Handmade Traditional Lyra From The Island Of Crete

Name: Original Cretan Lyra | Handmade Traditional Lyra From The Island Of Crete
Brand: TheBouzoukiShop
SKU: 800418523
Price: 320.00 EUR
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.9 (902 reviews)

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Handmade
Materials: Greek Linden, Iroco, Wenge

Handmade traditional Cretan lyra

Characteristics

Body: Made from solid Greek Linden, Two piece bookmach, carved by hand

Top: Made from solid Greek Linden, Two piece bookmach, carved by hand

Bridge: Made from iroco

Nut: Made from wenge

Machine heads: Dixon

Strings: Dogal

Finish: Satin Brown antique

Note: Each lyra is made with handselected tone woods and made by hand, therefore each one is unique in sound and look. We also provide a free gig bag, a bow and a rosin

History of the Cretan Lyra
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 islands in the Dodecanese and the Aegean Archipelago, in Greece. The Cretan lyra is considered to be the most popular surviving form of the medieval Byzantine lyra, an ancestor of most European bowed instruments.
The lyra is held vertically on the player's lap, in the same way as a small viol, rather than being placed under the chin of the player like a violin. For normal right-handed playing, the player's right hand holds the bow. The strings are stopped by pressing the fingernails of the player's left hand against the side of the string, rather than by pressing the string against the fingerboard. This gives it a different tone from the violin. Older lyras (lyrakis) have one string which is normally not fingered and is used as a drone, playing the same note while tunes are played on the other two strings
The contemporary lyra modelled after Stagakis's design is tuned in fifths to (G-d-a'), and like the violin, it uses no drone string. All strings may be fingered and used as melody strings.

Cretan Lyra Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NndR68HxyoM

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902 reviews

Gorgeous lyra! It feels authentic when I hold it, I can’t wait to get the hang of it. The owner of the shop was Very helpful.

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Original Cretan Lyra | Handmade Traditional Lyra From The Island Of Crete

Alaska Beverstadt Feb 7, 2023

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The Lyra I received matches exactly the description and pictures, arrived in very good condition and was absolutely what I expected. I love it. Plus, George Polydorou is very available and helpful. I recommend this shop!

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Original Cretan Lyra | Handmade Traditional Lyra From The Island Of Crete