minstrel: Lyres

[Stephen Fryer]

Aleyn Wyckington makes nice lyres, both small ones and large (like the 
BM reconstruction of the Sutton Hoo.

http://www3.telus.net/public/stingle/aleyn/lyres.html
or
http://www3.telus.net/public/stingle/aleyn/

Teleri wrote:

> Benjamin Bagby tunes pentatonically (C-D-F-G-a-c would be an example of 
> the pattern); Hucbald (our period source) indicates it would have been 
> diatonic (C-D-E-F-G-a).  I used to tune pentatonically, but have been 
> trying to work with Hucbald's tuning; I've done plucking (like Bagby) 
> and block-and-strum both.  Both tunings and both techniques have 
> advantages and disadvantages.

A combination of techniques can work quite nicely too.


In Service to the Music and the Dream
Stephen of Hunmanby OL

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