SO... I made this lyre and really don't have any songs to play on it? does anyone have any music? any advice on how to compose sheet music? Thanks Terry...
There is some basic playing information in the files section for this Yahoo Group. I'm going to supplement with some of my methodology. My personal favorite...
I play in a different style from Patrick; I'm interested in early music and my research leads me to believe triad chords are not the way I want to go. (Which...
I tune pentatonic because I believe that the rural (pagan, in the actual and not religious definition) peoples tended to tune that way before the influence of...
While it might not be of interest to everyone, I would like to announce that on September 26th my family gained a new member. His name is Cael Warner Nogy and...
Kaz- The only extant reference I am aware of for tuning a lyre is Hucbald and he indicates diatonic. (On the other hand, ask someone how to tune a guitar and...
Congratulations Chris!! Michael ... announce that on September 26th my family gained a new member. His name is Cael Warner Nogy and he was 8 pounds 12 ounces,...
Larry, Thats a nice traditional Jouhikko, How does it sound? Horsehair or Nylon strings? I cant tell from the picture but is there enough space to play the...
Yes, more info, please. What's the tuning? Tell us about the bow. I like it a lot- it has an antique look, as if it were just excavated. I'm working on...
--Good eye Michael...Yes the "handle" is a bit fat. My local "expert" pointed that out. The strings are horsehair, from a mare named "stolen sunshine". I don't...
Very cool. It is hard to tell from the pictures, but it seems to me the pegs are a little far apart - I would have a hard time getting my index finger far...
Larry, that's gorgeous! I personally like to leave the wood in its natural color, with maybe a little darkening just from the linseed oil I finish with. ...
...In one of his videos, Michael demonstrates his sophisticated and professional wood steamer (an old bottle, some aluminium foil, and a tea kettle). Once the...
Yes it really is as simple as all that, I could re-film the sequence with a bow stick, but the stick dulcimer rib bending video is probably sufficiant. I use...
OK, I start with a piece of Yew that is not of sufficient size or quality to make a longbow. I cut a tapered square blank to the length I want, and make it...
Greetings! Oddly I just found this list, though I've been investigating A/S Lyres for a while. So for the sake of quick introductions - I'm Paul Butler, from...
Hi Paul,  Glad you found the group. I contacted you about your citole & rebec plans a few years ago. This group has GREAT information and some plans in...
Paul,welcome to the Group. I'm glad to finally "meet" you <grin> I've been drooling over your lutherie for several years, and showing your website to anyone...
Hello Paul Good to finally have a chance to interact, I have been a frequent visitor to your site and really like your projects. Chris (sometimes known as Kaz)...
I have posted another video blog on Youtube showing three newly strung instruments, One is a 7 string lyre with nylgut and high C tuning and the other lyre...
The Brighton Early Music Festival this year has as its theme "These Fairest Isles" and features early and traditional music from the British Isles & Ireland....
for what it's worth, i was watching dragonslayer 81? & noticed that in the village dance scene after everyone thought the dragon was dead after the landslide...
watched again, a whistle/fipple flute, rebec (played on the arm by memory), & percussion. for as many times that i've seen this movie, & never to have seen...
Hello! Matthew Robbins (the writer/director) had mentioned that it was Anglo Saxon Britain shortly after the Roman pull-out, but before Christianity had taken...
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