Greek musical instruments

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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:

Contents   [hide]  1 Ancient 2 Modern 2.1 String Instruments 2.2 Aerophones 2.3 Percussion instruments 3 See also

[edit]Ancient

• Aulos

• Barbiton

• Chelys

• Crotalum

• Epigonion

• Harp

• Kithara

• Lyre

• Organon

• Pan flute

• Pandura

• Phorminx

• Salpinx

• Psaltery

• Tambourine

• Trigonon

• Water organ

[edit]Modern

The following instruments are used in traditional Greek music.

[edit]String Instruments

• Byzantine lyra (Politiki lyra or Constantinople lyra)

• Baglamas

• Bouzouki

• Contrabass

• Cretan lyra

• Kanonaki

• Karantouzeni

• Kithara (modern)

• Mandola

• Mandolin

• Piano

• Psaltery

• Santouri

• Laouto (Big and small)

• Lavta

• Lute

• Pontian lyra

• Tambouras

• Thaboura

• Tzouras

• Violin

[edit]Aerophones

• Accordion

• Askomandoura

• Aulos

• Dankiyo

• Floghera

• Flute

• Gaida

• Harmonica

• Karamuza

• Klarino

• Lalitsa

• Mantura

• Souravli

• Trumpet

[edit]Percussion instruments

• Cochilia

• Crotala

• Koudounia

• Metallophone

• Spoon

• Tambourine (Defi)

• Toubeleki

• Trigono

• Tympano

• Zilia

[edit]See also

• Music of Greece
• Greek dances
• Greek folk music

[hide] v   t   e Greek musical instruments String Instruments Bowed instruments   Lyra (Byzantine   Cretan   Pontian)   Contrabass   Violin Plucked instruments   Baglamas   Bouzouki   Karantouzeni   Kanonaki   Kithara (modern)   Laouto   Lavta   Lute Mandola   Mandolin   Oud   Piano   Psaltery   Tambouras   Thaboura   Tzouras Struck instruments   Santouri Aerophones Woodwind instruments   Aulos   Askomandoura   Dankiyo   Gaida   Tsampouna   Floghera   Flute   Karamuza Klarino   Lalitsa   Mantura   Souravli Brass instruments   Trumpet Free reed   Accordion   Harmonica Percussion instruments Membranophones   Daouli   Tambourine   Toubeleki   Tympano Idiophones   Cochilia   Crotalum   Koudounia   Metallophone   Spoon   Trigono   Zilia See also Music of Greece   Greek folk music   Byzantine music   Rebetiko   Laïko   Greek dances