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Category:Lyres

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The main article for this category is Yoke lutes.
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This category concerns instruments of the yoke lutes (or lyres) family. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, lyres are designated as '321.2'.

321.2: Instruments in which the string is attached to a yoke that consists of a cross-bar and two arms, with the yoke lying in the same plane as the sound-table (lyres or yoke lutes)


For other instruments also sometimes called lyres but belonging to other organological families (Byzantine lyra, Pontic lyra, Constantinopolitan lyra, Cretan lyra, lira da braccio, Calabrian lira, lijerica, lyra viol, lirone etc.), see Category:Bowed instruments.

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