Hello, I found this group while researching how to construct a jouhikko, and after looking at the files here, Larry Miller has created and shared a wonderful...
Hello everyone, Just a little commercial announcement from "The Lyre Shop" I have created a complete "lyre Kit" based on the the Sutton Hoo in the British...
Hello! Just realized that that was a mouthful – or an eye full – yesterday. So sorry! So here is the short version: Festival for Early Music in the Gothic...
Hi! The tune "Drømte mig en drøm i nat" is being played by Erik Axel Wessberg from Denmark. It is from the cd by the same name from 1996. SKALK CD 1 Vennlig...
Hi, There are a few new YouTube videos of a reenactor, in costume, playing a lyre at West Stowe Anglo-Saxon village: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGHqtiAzWVg...
Hi, I'm glad my lyre doesn't look (or sound) like this one - but each to his own I suppose. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef1qwaiFeek Where do they get French...
Hi, I was able to find a video on YouTube of a Siberian lyre called a sangvyaltap. It seems pretty similar in appearance to a Finnish kantele, and is played...
Hello everybody, has anybody seen an Instrument like this? http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Piero_di_Cosimo_041.jpg How is it called? Any Literature? ...
Hi All: I see that information about the jouhikko is frequently in demand. The Sibelius Academy in Helsinki Finland has a very nice website about the jouhikko...
Evening, Lyre players. Charlie and Ann Heymann will be teaching and performing next weekend in Portland, Oregon. Charlie will be playing lyre(strummed and...
Greetings all, I have been lurking on this list for several years, thinking that "one day... when I have a lyre". Well, yesterday I was walking down the main...
Not exactly an Anglo-Saxon lyre, but an Ethiopian lyre, a beganna, dating back hundreds of years, is being played by Alemu Aga, on Wed 30 September, 7..30pm,...
Hi, While we're on the subject of tuning the instrument and keeping it in tune, I was wondering if anyone who has experience with front-mounted wooden pegs,...
An interesting video showing the Ethiopian Krar lyre being played.The Krar is about halfway through the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pn-wd1xx4I Greg...
Good evening. I'm new to the list, and know there are some lyre players in the Pacific Northwest who might be interested in these upcoming events. I hope that...
Hi, Scroll down a little bit on this webpage and you'll see a photo of a reconstruction of a burial from Oberflacht, which is another cememtery of the Alamanni...
Hello everyone, Forum member Simon Chadwick has uploaded 3 videos to Youtube today that will all be of great interest I am sure: The first is of Davy Pattens...
hi folks joined a while back - some excellent resources on here, the trossingen replica simon is playing in the clip is my first go at making a lyre, I did the...
Hi all, Can someone please explain how those "tuning pegs" on the more traditional krars, and most other lyres from around the world, actually work? I mean...
Hi all, I've really only just gotten access to Youtube. There's some great stuff on it! Here's a few krar videos I just found. Woman plucking and singing. Very...
I would like to make strings for the Jouhikko out of fishing line. But do any of you know how thick the line must be and how many lines must i twist together....
Does anybody understand these? If so, I'd love to discuss them. I've never been able to figure them out but it sounds like just the thing to improvize on...
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