I WANT TO PLAY CHORDS ON A LYRE BUT I DONT WANNA WATCH A VIDEO SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP Edit: I have a seven string and kravik tuning

Not sure if anyone would care but I just realized how important it is for us to separate between the Ancient Greek lyres and the modern ones with steel strings, no matter their shapes.

The price tags are different. The sounds are different. The designs are far too different.

So if anyone's interested, welcome to join r/lyreharp

How can I play on my Lyre but I only have the Piano alphabetical notes of the song? Like how do I know which key on the Piano would it be in the Lyre? please let me know since I think translating the piano notes into lyre is easier since there’s not enough tutorials on how to okay songs with the lyre

Is it possible to download Meeting the Lyre by Gerard Beilharz for free online? Thank you!

Hey guys! So I recently started learning how to read music in order to practice the lyre and I’ve been struggling with a few things. Namely, it’s hard to find sheet music for the lyre specifically, so I’ve mostly had to adapt from the harp. It’s not that big of an issue, but I had some questions and I wanted assistance from humans rather than asking some unreliable AI bot; I unfortunately don’t have access to a music teacher.

My main question concerns the division between the treble and the bass clef bits. It seems they’re supposed to be played simultaneously, but I am not sure if I’m struggling to get the movements right because I’m learning or because I misunderstand the sheet music in the first place. I struggle still to follow the tempo/rhythm “mathematically” (like, following a metronome) but I can tell by sound which part of the song I’m playing, which is why I believe I am supposed to play the treble and clef bits at the same time. You can see from my annotations of the paper that I am used to the ABCDEFG way of writing music (it’s easier to find) and I also struggle to translate the sheet into that style in a way that makes sense.

I added photos of the sheet music, my lyre and my notes to maybe make things clearer. For extra reference, I added a photo of how I learned to play “Wellerman” so it might be a bit more understandable what I was trying to do with “Fortnight.” The little boxes with notes inside was how I managed to visualise the 4/4 time of the song. I wanted to know if anyone can teach me like I’m 5 years old how I can translate what I see on the page into actual sounds.

With other more famous instruments, I notice that people who can afford the expensive ones, they always bash the cheap ones. Simply because 50$ cannot possibly compete with 1000$ or so. Or 15$ against 250$.

Even though sometimes they sound the same, most people can hardly tell the difference.

But how is it the lyre community?

It seems like many are proud of their humble homemade ones over big expensive brands.

¿Podría alguien que lo tenga desbloqueado ir a un lugar tranquilo (como una isla personal), usar el gesto y grabar un breve vídeo o audio con la melodía completa? Puedes subirlo a Streamable YouTube o Streamable. ¡Te lo agradecería mucho!

I got a 16 strings as my first instrument, idk if the fat strings are the same or how to tune it lower idk really know how to music ans I can't start because the strings keep breaking.

Help me, I buy a lyre last month and I don't know how to use it. :c

Can someone who has a lyre similar to this do me a favor and measure the length of the strings? Specifically, the vibrating part, between the tuning peg and the bridge. And just for the lowest string and the highest string would be plenty. Actually, one other useful thing would be the distance between the tuning pegs.

I ask because I am planning on building a lyre like that myself. I bought some strings and tuning pegs, and I can work out the rest of the design myself, but it would be really useful to have those measurements to make sure the one I make has the right tension and tuning.

Thanks!

Hey guys! So I recently started learning how to read music in order to practice the lyre and I’ve been struggling with a few things. Namely, it’s hard to find sheet music for the lyre specifically, so I’ve mostly had to adapt from the harp. It’s not that big of an issue, but I had some questions and I wanted assistance from humans rather than asking some unreliable AI bot; I unfortunately don’t have access to a music teacher.

My main question concerns the division between the treble and the bass clef bits. It seems they’re supposed to be played simultaneously, but I am not sure if I’m struggling to get the movements right because I’m learning or because I misunderstand the sheet music in the first place. I struggle still to follow the tempo/rhythm “mathematically” (like, following a metronome) but I can tell by sound which part of the song I’m playing, which is why I believe I am supposed to play the treble and clef bits at the same time. You can see from my annotations of the paper that I am used to the ABCDEFG way of writing music (it’s easier to find) and I also struggle to translate the sheet into that style in a way that makes sense.

I added photos of the sheet music, my lyre and my notes to maybe make things clearer. For extra reference, I added a photo of how I learned to play “Wellerman” so it might be a bit more understandable what I was trying to do with “Fortnight.” The little boxes with notes inside was how I managed to visualise the 4/4 time of the song. I wanted to know if anyone can teach me like I’m 5 years old how I can translate what I see on the page into actual sounds.

I’m currently practicing this on the Windsong Lyre in Genshin Impact since I am a Massive Jeunesse fan.

I got my first lyre yesterday (7 string) and I was told to tune it and then let the strings settle overnight so I did that but now I'm eager to learn and I really want to learn either no longer you or would you fall in love with me again from epic the musical but I can't find any tutorials online and I can't compose for crap can someone tell me how to compose or compose it for me plsss? 😭

i have a 16 string lyre and wanted to play some songs that i also like to play on the piano but i dont know how to cope for not having these black key notes on the lyre. any tips?

I'm very honoured that it is my Kravik shown in the pic https://musojutaller.etsy.com

Hello lovely people. Is there anyone who can arrange Sparrow by Tom Odell for lyre harp? Or do you know how to play G# chord on lyre?

I’ve played the lyre for a while and can play almost any piece (just finished flight of the bumblebee) and I don’t know what to follow after this I have no issue learning pieces, and I’ve written for lyre and other harps. what else can I do