Hi Dave; Welcome to the crowd. Good places to look for thin-cut wood for soundboards are www.folkcraft.com, www.stew-mac.com, and of course Ebay under "craft...
I had a thought a few minutes ago and wanted to share it. There are a lot of folks on this group who would like to play better and a fair number who already...
Great description of chording and chord changes Patrick! The Woolery Guide to Chorded Lyres! --KenHulme ... <patrick_woolery@...> wrote: ...What would...
Thanks, Ken. But how do YOU play? What makes your lyre playing different from mine? (When you aren't making dulcimers and odd lute-zithers, that is.) And...
... <patrick_woolery@...> wrote: Hi Patrick, ... playing easier or better would be a great thing to share. It can be general performance tips, your own tuning...
Hi all, I just wanted to clarify a couple of things I wrote about plucking a minute ago. When I wrote about striking a string with the fingertip this is when...
Hi all, Thanks for all these tips about playing the lyre. I'm about to post a collection of putatively ancient Breton songs/tunes -- Bretons being a Celtic...
Hello Everyone! I just joined this week. I just wanted to introduce myself. I was looking around for something to make my mother for a gift and her being very...
I don't claim to be a good player, but I'll share. I tune in F, because it suits my vocal range best. Although I'm also a harper, for some reason it seems to...
... <sca_bard@...> wrote: Hi Jamie, the pitch you tune your lyre to doesn't mattter of course, as long as all your strings are in tune with one another. I...
Good Morning, I recently joined this group as well and I am finding it a great resource. Thanks to all of you. I come to this group from an early music...
Hi Rowan; ... If you hadn't punned we'd have been dismayed! Buying any instrument unseen is always a problem. I've not heard anything one way or the other...
... wrote: Hi Rowan, It is difficult to shop for an instrument that I can't hear, ... String number is certainly an important consideration, and your choice ...
I was burned once before and I am hesitant ... Hello, Danae here, I can speak for Orphic Airs, and I know there are several members of this list who will offer...
About ten years ago I was host to the first international gathering of Irish bouzouki players (since grown into a full fledged World Music camp) that developed...
I would like to know if anyone has any beginner tips on making a lyre. Wood, techniques, or any of the like. I currently have basic tools (Scroll saw, Dremmel,...
Maple or oak are good starting woods, as well as very traditional. Both the body and soundboard can be made from them. A drill press with Forstner bits is the...
Here's how I made my first lyre. I do not suggest you use the tuning pegs I used, as they are a lot less reliable than a properly fit set made with matching...
The idea is a cool one. I heard a few years back about a gathering at the SCA Pennsic war that was meant to encourage anyone who had a lyre to show up and...
... <patrick_woolery@...> wrote: Hi all, ... presentation? I'd pay for the video. Another suggestion that might be easier to manage is just for any lyre...
I second the recommendation for Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ I used it, along with one of those lousy $10 computer mics, to put together a...
I have a Compaq Presario with Adobe Audition, a Eurorack mixer, an Echo Gina 2 sound card, and a couple of Russian Oktava Condenser mics. The whole rig cost ...
Greetings, I am new to this list, having recently become interested in Lyre's, I am involved in Viking era Living history. I am a non-player of any type of...
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