Lyres excavated in ancient Mesopotamia date back to 2500 BC. The recitations of ancient Greeks were accompanied by lyre playing. And the earliest picture of a lyre appears in a sarcophagus from a Bronze Age civilization on the island of Crete. So, the lyre’s been around for a long time.
A lyre can be strummed or plucked, and lyres have had different numbers of strings at various times.
I love this video of Andreas Dimetrelis attempting to play a blues scale on a Greek lyre:
Never heard a lyre played quite like that – know a guitarist friend, Steve Hackett, that would find this awesome.
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I couldn’t resist this one!
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I’ve never heard of a lyre. Interesting instrument that makes quite a sound, Thanks for sharing.
Melissa
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An ancient Greek instrument, Melissa. Glad you enjoyed it, and thank you for commenting 🙂
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