Standard Anglo Saxon lyre by Michael J King 2019
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- Опубліковано 4 чер 2019
- G A B C D E tuned Anglo Saxon model played during the 5th to the 10th century in Northern Europe, covers the Anglo Saxon to Viking periods Instruments available here online:
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Very precious sound
Nice to see something from you again. Gladly more of it. The lyre looks very good too. Thanks for that and greetings from Germany.
Nicely done.
Can you explain the tuning good Sir? Many thanks.
It's just tuned to a diatonic key of G. So. G a b c d e the low G is the same as the third string on a guitar and the high e the same as the 1st string on a guitar. Normally you would tune a lyre to fit your singing voice key (the Pitch and key you naturally sing easily). You can tune these from D pitch all the way up to A
I noticed that the anglo saxon one found and and displayed in a museum, with the Garnets and gold had a tongue and groove wooden frame with a pin or dowel, was the whole frame tongue and groove or just the top part. I'll download your plans but do you have one with a full tongue and groove frame by chance?
Yes, The Sutton Hoo model has the string arm mortice and tenon joined to the body, as does the Bergh Apton lyre as well. I made the copy at the Sutton Hoo Museum on display to these plans,
@@michaeljking are historians and musicians certain that lyers were strumed? sounds like a ukalalee to me, Like Tiny Tim!!! His music was considered a joke or satiracle? Strumming a lyre isn't a pleasant sound in my opinion, also isn't strumming associated with guitars which happened 1000 years later. Can you make a flaminco guitar sound with them?
@@artlover5798 in monastic art they are depicted being strummed with hands blocking the strings. The bridges of the originals had narrow spacing too close for plucking but perfect for a plectrum. It's a common lyre playing technique , even in ancient Greece or north on Finnish or Baltic Kanteles I am sure the best players combined all kinds of techniques but this was also the instrument that everyone could play as it passed around the drinking halls. The basic block and strum techniques meant anyone could sing along with it. 6 strings doesn't give you much range melodically anyway. that was provided by your voice. Pluck it like a harp, mix in strums and chords, play two handed and it's the way virtuoso Kantele players play. The uke like playing is all me. I am a maker rather than a performer.
@@michaeljking ok that's makes sense I, I wasn't sure but strumming seams to as allow more interaction with others. It's just that I saw a video recently of a guy tunning it and plucking from both sides it sounded really good and not a 'tingy' I guess it can be played like both a guitar and harp, that's why I like it. Why is it not more common? Did the guitar replace it or is it's rareness because it was outlawd?
@@artlover5798 If you listen to my Kravik lyre videos you will see more examples of plucked playing that I do, that's the kind of playing I do at home. more medieval in style than Viking age as such, Instruments were influenced with new ones from middle east (trading routes) cultural changes and fashions, The lyre actually survived in the Church for a bit for playing psalms but then they banned musical instruments there too, harp replaced the lyre after the 10th-century in formal gatherings, music taste changed, The bow was introduced, fiddles crept in, then lutes... all the meanwhile strummed instruments like the Gittern and cittern were played but were thought of as rowdy, common instruments, early guitars the same compared to the lute.
Hi, do you have this particular model for sale?
Hi. I do have one half finished of this exact model that I will have ready in 3-4 months time. listing here.: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Thelyreshop I also have a shorter version of this tuned one step higher to A (my new Viking model). Email me if you have any questions.