CALABRIAN LIRA: Italian Musical Instrument
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The calabrian lira is a traditional musical instrument that
is found in some areas of the Calabria, region in southern Italy.
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The musical instrument is a bowed string musical instrument
that has three strings. Like most other liras, the musical instrument is
performed upright, normally supported on the knee of the player, held with the
left hand of the player touching the strings with the nails of the fingers
laterally while the right hand of the player moves the bow. The repertory of
the musical instrument is to accompany songs and songs suitable for dancing.
The musical instrument is analogous and closely related to
the bowed lira of the Byzantine Empire. Ibn Khurradadhbih, a Persian geographer of the 9th century, was
the first man to cite the Byzantine lira as a bowed musical instrument of the
Byzantine. Analogous bowed musical instrument that descended from the Byzantine
lira have been in use in several post-Byzantine provinces until today with little
changes.
