Cretan lyra

~ String instrument

Description

The Cretan lyra is a Greek pear-shaped, three-stringed bowed musical instrument, central to the traditional music of Crete and parts of Greece.

Relationships

from:Greece
type of:bowed lute
related instruments:rebec (Medieval bowed lute)
has hybrids:viololyra (cretan lyra / violin hybrid)
Wikidata:Q369556 [info]