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Greek musical instruments

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National anthem
  
Greek musical instruments

Music awards
  
Arion AwardsMAD Video Music AwardsPop Corn Music Awards

Music charts
  
Greek Albums ChartForeign Albums ChartSingles Chart

Music festivals
  
Athens FestivalEpidaurus FestivalOlympus FestivalThessaloniki Song Festival

Music media
  
DifonoMAD TV (MAD World, Blue)MTV Greece

Related areas
  
Cyprus, Pontus, Constantinople, South Italy

Greek musical instruments were grouped under the general term of Lyre, all developments from the original construction of a tortoise shell with two branching horns, having also a cross piece to which the strings were attached.The strings varied in number 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

  • Aulos
  • Barbiton
  • Chelys
  • Cithara (or Kithara)
  • Crotalum
  • Epigonion
  • Harp
  • Lyre
  • Organon
  • Pan flute (Syrinx)
  • Pandura
  • Phorminx
  • Rhoptron
  • Salpinx
  • Psaltery
  • Tambourine
  • Trigonon
  • Water organ
  • String Instruments

  • Byzantine lyra (Politiki lyra or Constantinople lyra)
  • Baglamas
  • Bouzouki
  • Contrabass
  • Cretan lyra
  • Karantouzeni
  • Mandola
  • Mandolin
  • Psaltery
  • Santouri
  • Laouto (Big and small)
  • Lavta
  • Pontian lyra
  • Tambouras
  • Thaboura
  • Tzouras
  • Aerophones

  • Askomandoura
  • Aulos
  • Floghera
  • Karamuza
  • Lalitsa
  • Mantura
  • Souravli
  • Tsampouna
  • Percussion instruments

  • Cochilia
  • Crotala
  • Koudounia
  • Tambourine (Defi)
  • Toubeleki
  • Trigono
  • Tympano
  • Zilia
  • References

    Greek musical instruments Wikipedia


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