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Middle Eastern Music on Lyre Harp (Quick Tips)

🕑 Added 2024-07-16 07:58:46 +0000 UTC

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Samantha K

Hi Nessa. Great question! I saw a video of Lina Palera from the Lyre Academy where she tuned her 7-string lyre to G A B C D E F. These notes are already on a modern lyre without any special tuning. Sounding Greek on the lyre I think is less about specific tunings and more about the instrument itself and the techniques used. The Greek lyre's construction, the choice of strings (gut or sugar strings), and techniques (e.g. using a wooden plectrum, block and strum) gives out that Greek sound. The video I was referring to is this one if you're interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6k2RSiFvYM

Nessa Hart

Sam what string tuning changes would need to be sharpened for sounding Greek on the Lyre. This was excellent and will be fun to play around with this tuning.

Samantha K

Aw, thank you so much! I'd love to explore more middle eastern traditional music on the lyre. To be honest, my knowledge is a bit limited at the moment. 😅

farzaneh afzali

This is amazing! I hope you'll be able to teach us some of middle eastern pieces as well! I look around and see if I can find some melodic songs that might be enjoyable for everyone to learn ^_^