Greek musical instrument
Greek musical instruments were grouped under the general term "all developments from the original construction of a tortoise shell with two branching horns, having also a cross piece to which the stringser from an original three to ten or even more in the later period, like the Byzantine era". Greek musical instruments can be classified into the following categories:
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Greek musical instruments were grouped under the general term "all developments from the original construction of a tortoise shell with two branching horns, having also a cross piece to which the stringser from an original three to ten or even more in the later period, like the Byzantine era". Greek musical instruments can be classified into the following categories:
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Ancient
Ancient
• Aulos • Barbiton • Chelys • Cithara (or Kithara) • Crotalum • Epigonion • Harp • Kanonaki • Kymbalon • Lyre • Pan flute (Syrinx) • Pandura • Phorminx • Rhoptron • Sambuca • Salpinx • Sistrum • Psaltery • Tambourine • Trigonon • Water organ (Hydraulis) • Illustration — Roman art, 4th century A.D. Dancer with kymbalon. • Illustration — Mildenhall treasure, great dish, British Museum, detail-- satyr with pan pipes • Illustration — Mildenhall treasure, great dish, British Museum, detail-- aulos and tambourine • Illustration — Mildenhall treasure, great dish, British Museum, frame drum • Illustration — Afterlife scene of a woman playing crotalum clappers leading a man playing a barbitos lyre.
String instruments
String instruments
• Baglamas • Byzantine lyra • Bouzouki • Cretan lyra • Calabrian lira • Guitar • Kanonaki • Mandolin • Mandola • Oudola • Oud • Psaltery • Politiki lyra (Constantinople lyra) • Santouri • Laouto (big and small) • Lavta (Politiko laouto) • One stringed lyra (rare) • Macedonian lyra • Pontian lyra • Violin • Tzouras • Tambouras • Thaboura • Karantouzeni • Bağlama
Aerophones
Aerophones
• Askomandoura • Aulos • Floghera • Gaida • Karamuza • Klarino • Lalitsa • Mantura • Souravli (Thiamboli) • Tsampouna • Zurna
Percussion instruments
Percussion instruments
• Cochilia • Crotala • Daouli • Koudounia • Toubeleki • Trigono • Tympano • Zilia
"Floyera" (flutes) Museum of Popular Instruments, Research Centre for Ethnomusicology. In Plaka, Athens, Greece. Official website.
Tilemahos Efthimiadis from Athens, Greece · "Floyera" (flute)
"Floyera" (flutes) Museum of Popular Instruments, Research Centre for Ethnomusicology. In Plaka, Athens, Greece. Official website.
Tilemahos Efthimiadis from Athens, Greece · "Floyera" (flutes)
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