Macedonian lyra explained

Names:	Macedonian lyra/lira
Background:	string
Developed:	Byzantine era
Related:	Byzantine lyra, the ancestor Calabrian lira (Italian: Lira Calabrese) Classical Kemenche, (Turkish: Armudî kemençe, Greek: Politiki lyra)
Musicians:	Avraam Demisis Paschalis Giannakou Andreas Kioumourtsis Giorgos Mavridis Ioannis Mitrou Nikos Touloumis Giorgos Touloumis Fylaktos Terzis Vasilis Tragos

The Macedonian lyra (Greek: Μακεδονική λύρα) is a Greek, pear-shaped,^[1] three-stringed bowed musical instrument used mainly in the Greek folk music of the Greek region of Macedonia, particularly in the region of Drama. It is usually accompanied by violin.

Sources

• kepem.org
• kepaam.gr

Notes and References

1. http://www.pontos-news.gr/article/200174/i-makedoniki-lyra-kai-oi-paradosiakes-moysikes-tis-dramas Η μακεδονική λύρα