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Greek musical instruments can be classified into the following categories: Ancient. Aulos. Barbiton. Chelys. Cithara (or Kithara) Crotalum. Epigonion. Harp. Kanonaki. Lyre. Pan flute (Syrinx) Pandura. Phorminx. Rhoptron. Sambuca. Salpinx. Sistrum. Psaltery. Tambourine. Trigonon. Water organ (Hydraulis)
- Oud
- Bouzouki
- Aulos
- Kithara
- Cretan Lyra
- Baglamas
- Salpinx
- Tambouras
- Sistrum
- Gaida
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Up first, we’re going to look at the Oudwhich is an ancient instrument from the Middle East resembling a lute and is played in Turkish, Egyptian, Albanian, Bulgarian and Iraqi music to this day. It’s made with a large hollow body made of wood that has a neck attached to it. The body usually has three sound holes, and the neck is a bit shorter than ...
Next we have the Bouzoukiis a long-necked, wooden member of the lute family played in various genres of Greek music, including traditional and pop. It is the national musical instrument of Greeceand existed in Byzantine times when it was called the tampoura. Immigrants from Turkey and Asia minor brought it to Greece in the 1900s where it was transf...
The ancient Greeks first played the Aulos, a wind instrument initially made of a pair of reeds as pipes. The two reeds had fingering holes and were blown simultaneously through various mouthpieces. It could also be made of bone, ivory, boxwood, copper, or bronze. An aulos was typically a double-pipe instrument in the early days but later became a s...
The Kitharais a kind of lyre with a solid wooden body, a deep soundbox, and seven strings that was also an instrument in ancient rome. Interestingly, the modern word “guitar” is derived from the Greek word “kithara.” To play it, the musician dampened selected strings with his left hand while stroking a “plektron” across them with his right. It was ...
The Cretan Lyrais a wooden stringed instrument played with a bow like a violin. Dating back to the Byzantine period in 330 AD, it’s one of the the main instruments in Cretan folk music which is still played today. The body is oval-shaped with a bridge to support the strings and has two sound holes with the the neck and body traditionally being made...
The Baglamasis another lute-like stringed instrument with a long thin fretted neck. It is believed to originate from the baglama of Turkey, where it is also known as the saz. The Greek baglamas can be plucked with the fingers or played with a plectrum. In Greek music, the baglamas is a small treble bouzouki. It has a tiny body and a broader neck th...
The Salpinxis a wind instrument or aerophone typically made of bronze that is a type of ancient trumpet from Greece. It has been compared to a trumpet but is much longer and is thought to have been invented by the Etruscans who occupied parts of Northern Italy. It is a long straight tube with a conical or bell-shaped end and was used primarily in t...
The Tambouras also known as a Tampouras or Tambura, is another ancient instrument originating from the Byzantine period that is a cousin of the Turkish instrument the Tambur. To look at it resembles a lute with a long fretted neck that’s usually made out of wood. They typically have three strings which are plucked with a pick. What’s unique about i...
The Sistrumin an instrument that originated in ancient Egypt and is a type of rattle used for ceremonial religious purposes. It’s a very simple percussive instrument that is shaken to make jangling or clanking sounds. The discs of the sistrum can also be stroked to create a quieter sound. The frame can be made of wood, clay, or metal and is in the ...
The Gaidais a type of bagpipe traditionally made of sheep or goatskin that originates from southeastern Europe and is played in Greece, Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Turkey. The player uses a blow pipe to fill the bag with air which is then squeezed out through a chanter to play the melody. The chanter is a pipe with finger holes in it and cont...
Learn about the history and features of 21 instruments that are unique to Greek culture and music, from ancient times to modern days. Discover the oud, bouzouki, aulos, kithara, lyra, baglamas, salpinx, tambouras, and more.
Jan 5, 2013 · Musical Instruments. Greek musical instruments included stringed, wind, and percussion. By far the most popular were the lyre, aulos (usually double), and syrinx.
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- Kithara. While modern Greeks have used the word “kithara” to describe the guitar of today, the ancients would have used the word to describe the seven-stringed instrument of the harp family of stringed instruments.
- Bouzouki. The bouzouki is the king of long-necked stringed musical instruments of modern Greece. It is derived from the plucked musical instrument family of the thabouras (tambouras) instruments dating back to Ancient Greece from which the lute is derived.
- The Lute (Laouto) The laouto or lute is another descendant of the Tabouras family of long-necked stringed instruments. It has evolved into the present variant of 11 moveable frets along the neck and up to nine fixed wooden frets on the sound board.
- The Lyra. The lyra is a bowed instrument that was popular in the Byzantine era and is the forerunner of the violin family of instruments. Cretan tradition has it that the instrument was developed on the island before 961 AD and after the invasion of the island by the Byzantine forces of Nikephoros Phokas.
Learn about the bouzouki, a long-necked musical instrument derived from the Turkish bozuk and the Asian tanbur. The bouzouki is the major popular-music instrument of Greece and is played in various genres worldwide.
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Dec 16, 2012 · The Lyre was a stringed musical instrument played by the ancient Greeks. It was probably the most important and well-known instrument in the Greek world. The lyre was closely related to the other stringed instruments: the chelys which was made from a tortoise shell, the four-stringed phorminx, and the seven-stringed kithara.
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