lyre

noun. ˈlī(-ə)r. 1. : a stringed instrument of the harp class having an approximately U-shaped frame and used by the ancient Greeks especially to accompany song and recitation (see recitation sense 2)

Sounds like a little harp The lyre is an easy to play string instrument in diatonic or pentatonic scale. It sounds like a little harp with a tender and quiet sound. The lyre is made of an oval frame.

The lyre (/ˈlaɪər/) is a stringed musical instrument that is classified by Hornbostel–Sachs as a member of the lute-family of instruments.

The lyre was played either alone or as an accompaniment to singing or lyric poetry at all manner of occasions such as official banquets, symposia (private drinking parties), religious ceremonies, funerals, and in musical competitions such as those held at the great Panathanaia, Pythia, and Karneia festivals.

Lyra is a feminine given name of Greek and Latin origin meaning lyre. It is usually given in reference to the constellation and the Greek myth that inspired its naming. The name has associations with music and harmony and the night sky.

Its design was developed from the harp by replacing the single bow shape with two upright arms joined by a crossbar, and the strings, instead of joining the sound box directly, were made to run over a bridge attached to the box.

The wind harp or aeolian lyre was a controlling metaphor in many famous Romantic-period works, including, for example, Percy Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind." The aeolian lyre (named for the Greek god of the winds) symbolized the reciprocal action of mind and nature, productive of harmonious "music" (or poetry, or ...

The number of strings on instruments of this period ranged between six and 12. The ancient Greeks knew two different types of lyre - the cithara (or kithara, in Greek) and the lyra.

So we'll turn the tuning key clockwise. The desired pitch for a liar is it is the G scale. In order to tune it you must be very careful with the tuner and the peg.

A lyre is a stringed instrument that developed in the 3rd millennium in the Sumerian culture of Babylonia. Once used by the Egyptians around 2000 BC, the Ancient Greeks popularized the instrument, using it as an accompaniment to lyric poetry and other performances of dance, music, and drama.

The lyre was invented by the Sumerians of ancient Iraq around 3200 BCE. Its design was developed from the harp by replacing the single bow shape with two upright arms joined by a crossbar, and the strings, instead of joining the sound box directly, were made to run over a bridge attached to the box.

The lyre symbol usually has four "strings" or lines emanating from a sound box consisting of a pellet within a circle. The latter element is a well known sun symbol, and thus appropriate to an attribute of Apollo. Some inscriptions from Roman Gaul have Apollo's epithet as "Grannos", which has been connected to the sun.