Hi One year old today!! This is the day I formally announced the forum to the worldwide Lyre community, here we are 848 messages later! Many thanks to...
Michael: Thank you for getting this started. It has turned into much more than lyres, but a great forum for a lot of related topics, and has been of great...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the Anglo_Saxon_Lyres group: which Lyre tuning do you use most on your 6 stringed AS/Germanic Lyre,...
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Congratulation Micheal, and to everyone that makes up the forum. It has been a wealth of knowledge and in many cases, an inspiration as well. Sean. ... Ruiri...
Yesterday I amended the Question: This is the first of our group surveys, Which Lyre tuning do you use most on your 6 stringed AS/Germanic Lyre, Diatonic or...
I see that of the 11 respondents on the poll, one uses primarily pentatonic tuning. I just have to ask about that. I'm just really curious. What tuning do...
I use a pentatonic tuning primarily because of the influence of Benjamin Bagby in his performances of Beowulf. I tune it a c d e g a' I am able to play simple...
That vote wasn't me, but I *used* to tune pentatonically, so I'd like to kick in my experience. I got my lyre at the Somerset Harp Festival and was recommended...
i made my lyre about 12 years ago, inspired by the carmina burana by the new london consort-one track is a female vocalist accompianed by the rote. i made my...
Happy New year!! To each of the 130 members of the forum, Good luck to you all this new year If anyone has any Resolutions re:Anglo Saxon Lyre for the year...
Hi Guys, My New Years resolution is to get my finger out and make those bronze bridges, a gentle reminder every now and then should help me a treat. I recently...
... I've used elk antler for bridges. Works easily, quite forgiving as long as you don't use the punky centre bits. I prefer horn as it seems to transmit the...
... Hi Stu, I've had a bit of time to think about this, and as I cast and alloy my own bronze, I can vary the tonal qualities (and colour) of the resultant ...
... <charlesanderson@...> wrote: Hi Charles, I haven't had much experience in "making stuff", but after recently making the mistake of altering the notches on...
Hi Tim, I only have the picture of the one from Gotland (and thanks again Michael for the dimensions ;-)). If there are other bronze bridges then I'll happily...
... <charlesanderson@...> wrote: Hi Charles, Have a look in our files section. Click on "Trossingen Lyre", then select "Photos of Reconstructed Germanic...
Hi Tim, I definitely like that. I'm going to pour through the docs, and see what's what, looks like a standard 90/10, but I'll see if I can get an alloy...
I have a few bronze questions for anyone who can answer them. 1) Where are you getting your bronze for casting? 2) What kind of bronze are you using?...
When I cast bronze, I usually alloy my own with copper and tin - I like to cast either 90/10 or 85/15 for the differences in color. Although I admit that I...
Hi Scott, I'm in Australia, so all prices are in AUD. 1) Where do I get my bronze for casting? I buy granulated copper and tin from a metal merchant, copper...
What is zinc flu? Scot ... ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page....
Hi Scott, Zinc flu is a form of heavy metal poisoning. The zinc vaporises off, and if breathed in the fumes (even a little bit), these will give you flu like...
I just bought my first Lyre a couple weekends ago, and so far I am LOVING it... Does anyone have any music to play and sing? I've figured out a couple tunes...
... wrote: Hi Sheila, Welcome to the group! ... files ... I don't know whether you've heard this tune before, but it's the oldest known tune from Scandinavia,...
Welcome! I play only one melody on the lyre and that's it! I just play single notes, seldom strumming chords for it. The rest of the time, I play chords or...
"Sometimes, the lyre seems a bit too easy. Guitarshave more range, but every chord seems a hassle. Lyres have fewer chords (I use 5, total) and all ofthem are...
... Anyone up for writing a beginners' songbook? I could suggest a format and what should go in there, but I'm a noob myself. Perhaps: Tuning (and variations) ...
Hi guys, We have only had one MP3 submitted so far, I am sure together we can increase this and develop a set of songs we can learn together. I don't think...
Hi all, Firstly, if anyone on the list can create a working time machine, I'll definitely buy them a beer! There are lots of little snippets of information in...
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