(Turkish: Klasik kemençe), Armudî kemençe ('pear-shaped kemenche') or Politiki lyra (Greek: πολίτικη λύρα, 'Constantinopolitan lyre') is a pear-shaped bowed...

lira), Turkey (the politiki lyra and the Pontic lyra or kemençe) and Armenia.[citation needed] The most likely origin of the Byzantine lyra is with the long-necked...

The Cretan lyra (Greek: Κρητική λύρα) is a Greek pear-shaped, three-stringed bowed musical instrument, central to the traditional music of Crete and other...

Byzantine lyra Bouzouki Cretan lyra Calabrian lira Guitar Kanonaki Mandolin Mandola Oudola Oud Psaltery Politiki lyra (Constantinople lyra) Santouri Laouto...

Greece: λύρα (lýra; Modern Greek pronunciation: líra) with the subtypes of Politiki lyra ("Constantinopolitan lyre"), Cretan lyra and Pontic lyra ("lyre of...

instruments of Smyrneika/Ottoman café music, such as kanonaki, santouri, politikí lyra (πολίτικη λύρα), tsimbalo (τσίμπαλο, actually identical with the Hungarian...

flourished there. The bowed "lyra" is still played in former Byzantine regions, where it is known as the Politiki lyra (lit. 'lyra of the City', i.e. Constantinople)...

The Macedonian lyra (Greek: Μακεδονική λύρα) is a Greek pear-shaped, three-stringed bowed musical instrument, used mainly in the Greek folk music of the...

in a duo (the one laouto tuned more bass than the other) with the Cretan lyra or with the violin (in Cyprus). Giannis Haroulis Evagoras Karageorgis Vasilis...

the lyra of Crete and the Dodecanese in Greece, the lyra of Pontos and the classical kemenche (Turkish:Armudî kemençe, Greek:Πολίτικη Λύρα ~ Politiki lira)...