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lira

lyre

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Others view the lyre and zither as being two separate classes. en.wikipedia.org

A sorrowful, draped female figure sits beside the sarcophagus, clutching a lyre. en.wikipedia.org

Larger and heavier than a lyre, the cithara was a loud, sweet and piercing instrument with precision tuning ability. en.wikipedia.org

She is usually depicted sitting down, holding a lyre, accompanying the ballerinas' choirs with her music. en.wikipedia.org

Giraffe, pyramid and lyre pianos were arranged in a somewhat similar fashion in evocatively shaped cases. en.wikipedia.org

They depict a standing double flute player and a sitting musician playing a triangular-shaped lyre or harp. en.wikipedia.org

Instruments during that period included the double-reed aulos and the plucked string instrument, the lyre, especially the special kind called a kithara. en.wikipedia.org

The lower leaves are lyre shaped, pinnate shaped. en.wikipedia.org

The seven-stringed lyre was probably already in existence. en.wikipedia.org

The symbol is a lyre and the official flower is a red carnation, exemplifying the fraternity's colors. en.wikipedia.org

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