1.0Scholeion Psaltikishttps://www.sholeionpsaltikis.gr/en/Sholeion Psaltikishttps://www.sholeionpsaltikis.gr/en/author/itis/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="t6RW9hvMbx"><a href="https://www.sholeionpsaltikis.gr/en/tradintional-music/traditional-song-instruments/cretan-lyra/">Cretan lyra</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.sholeionpsaltikis.gr/en/tradintional-music/traditional-song-instruments/cretan-lyra/embed/#?secret=t6RW9hvMbx" width="600" height="338" title="“Cretan lyra” — Scholeion Psaltikis" data-secret="t6RW9hvMbx" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.sholeionpsaltikis.gr/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/DSC05426cr.jpg800600The lyra is a stringed bowed (basically three-stringed), pear-shaped instrument popular throughout the Balkans, Lower Italy and the scholarly music of Constantinople. A special feature of the instrument is that it is played by pressing the strings with the fingernail from the sides, unlike the violin and the Pontic lyre. In Greece it is popular […]