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Anglo_Saxon_Lyres · Anglo Saxon Lyres

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  • Category: Instruments
  • Founded: Nov 29, 2006
  • Language: English
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This forum is for discussion about the Anglo Saxon Lyre, Its history, Music, construction and archaeology.
This includes topics about Germanic/european/world Lyre/Leier/Hearpes in general, plus the related Baltic Bowed Lyres:jouhikko,talharpa etc, Welsh Crwths, Shetland Gue, Kanteles, and Russian Guslis!
The group is open to anyone with an interest, the online file data storage can be used to share information, and provide an up to date online Lyre resource.



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Re: Lyre bridges : plucking vs. bowing
An interesting topic! Historical Jouhikko bridges come in various shapes and sizes as you'd expect for an instrument made by the player without reference to
Posted - Fri May 16, 2008 11:47 am
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Re: Lyre bridges : plucking vs. bowing
Hello Patrick, That sounds fascinating, can you let us know the name of the musicologist and the name/location of the article, it would be great to have the
Posted - Thu May 15, 2008 5:01 pm
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Re: Lyre bridges : plucking vs. bowing
Hi Chris ... Eastern techniques around the turn of the first millenium? I have always been taught that the bow came to Europe with some early version of the
Posted - Thu May 15, 2008 3:33 pm
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Re: Lyre bridges : plucking vs. bowing
Didn't bowing instruments in Europe begin with a migration of Middle Eastern techniques around the turn of the first millenium? I have always been taught that
Posted - Thu May 15, 2008 2:17 pm
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Lyre bridges : plucking vs. bowing
Hi all, We had a discussion a couple of months ago about crwth bridges, and I have now kind of a follow up question.... (By the bye, I just bumped into a short
Posted - Thu May 15, 2008 12:41 pm
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