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- Lira_da_braccio abstract "The lira da braccio (or lyra de bracio) was a European bowed string instrument of the Renaissance. It was used by Italian poet-musicians in court in the 15th and 16th centuries to accompany their improvised recitations of lyric and narrative poetry. It is most closely related to the medieval fiddle, or vielle, and like the vielle had a leaf-shaped pegbox with frontal pegs. Fiddles with drone strings are seen beginning in the 9th century (Byzantine lyra), and the instrument continued to develop through the 16th century. In many depictions of the instrument, it is being played by mythological characters, frequently members of angel consorts, and most often by Orpheus and Apollo. The lira da braccio was occasionally used in ensembles, particularly in the intermedi, and may have acted as a proto-continuo instrument.The instrument was shaped essentially like a violin, but with a wider fingerboard and flatter bridge. Generally, it had seven strings, five of them tuned like a violin with a low d added to the bottom (that is, d–g–d'–a'–e'') with two strings off the fingerboard which served as drones and were usually tuned in octaves. Michael Praetorius shows the instrument with frets, although he is the only one to do so (see image at right). The wide fingerboard and flat bridge, along with long, strongly curved bows, facilitated chordal playing on the instrument. Although Praetorius depicts the instrument as lyra de bracio with various viols \"da gamba\" (see Image:Syntagma12.png), it was in fact played on the shoulder, as is implied by its name, which refers to the arm, or braccio in Italian. From the few treatises and compositions which survive, it seems that the lira was played with triple and quadruple stops. The player was somewhat limited in terms of what inversions they could play, and it is believed that the top strings may have been used for melody, and the lower strings for chordal playing. In addition, it is believed that when accompanying singing, the instrument played at a higher pitch than the performer sang. Eventually in the late 16th century a fretted bass version of the lira da braccio with an expanded number of strings was developed, the lirone, also known as the lira da gamba, which was played \"da gamba\", or on the legs.".
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- Lira_da_braccio wikiPageWikiLink Angel.
- Lira_da_braccio wikiPageWikiLink Apollo.
- Lira_da_braccio wikiPageWikiLink Bow_(music).
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- Lira_da_braccio wikiPageWikiLink Bridge_(instrument).
- Lira_da_braccio wikiPageWikiLink Byzantine_Empire.
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- Lira_da_braccio wikiPageWikiLink Category:Bowed_instruments.
- Lira_da_braccio wikiPageWikiLink Category:Early_musical_instruments.
- Lira_da_braccio wikiPageWikiLink Category:Renaissance_music.
- Lira_da_braccio wikiPageWikiLink Category:String_instruments.
- Lira_da_braccio wikiPageWikiLink Classical_antiquity.
- Lira_da_braccio wikiPageWikiLink Court_(royal).
- Lira_da_braccio wikiPageWikiLink Drone_(music).
- Lira_da_braccio wikiPageWikiLink Europe.
- Lira_da_braccio wikiPageWikiLink Fiddle.
- Lira_da_braccio wikiPageWikiLink Fingerboard.
- Lira_da_braccio wikiPageWikiLink Fret.
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- Lira_da_braccio wikiPageWikiLink Giovanni_Maria_Lanfranco.
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- Lira_da_braccio wikiPageWikiLink Improvisation.
- Lira_da_braccio wikiPageWikiLink Intermedio.
- Lira_da_braccio wikiPageWikiLink Italy.
- Lira_da_braccio wikiPageWikiLink Leonardo_da_Vinci.
- Lira_da_braccio wikiPageWikiLink Lirone.
- Lira_da_braccio wikiPageWikiLink Lyre.
- Lira_da_braccio wikiPageWikiLink Lyric_poetry.
- Lira_da_braccio wikiPageWikiLink Michael_Praetorius.
- Lira_da_braccio wikiPageWikiLink Narrative_poetry.
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- Lira_da_braccio wikiPageWikiLink String_instrument.
- Lira_da_braccio wikiPageWikiLink Syntagma_Musicum.
- Lira_da_braccio wikiPageWikiLink Tuning_peg.
- Lira_da_braccio wikiPageWikiLink Vielle.
- Lira_da_braccio wikiPageWikiLink Viol.
- Lira_da_braccio wikiPageWikiLink Violin.
- Lira_da_braccio wikiPageWikiLink Vittore_Carpaccio.
- Lira_da_braccio wikiPageWikiLink Wiktionary:braccio.
- Lira_da_braccio wikiPageWikiLink File:Giovanni_Daria_Lira_da_Braccio.jpg.
- Lira_da_braccio wikiPageWikiLink File:Syntagma12.png.
- Lira_da_braccio wikiPageWikiLinkText "Lira da braccio".
- Lira_da_braccio wikiPageWikiLinkText "lira da braccio".
- Lira_da_braccio wikiPageWikiLinkText "lira".
- Lira_da_braccio caption ""Lyra de bracio" as illustrated by Michael Praetorius in his Syntagma Musicum".
- Lira_da_braccio classification Bowed_string_instrument.
- Lira_da_braccio developed "15".
- Lira_da_braccio name "Lira da braccio".
- Lira_da_braccio names "Lyra de bracio".
- Lira_da_braccio related Lirone.
- Lira_da_braccio related "Vielle".
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- Lira_da_braccio subject Category:Bowed_instruments.
- Lira_da_braccio subject Category:Early_musical_instruments.
- Lira_da_braccio subject Category:Renaissance_music.
- Lira_da_braccio subject Category:String_instruments.
- Lira_da_braccio hypernym Instrument.
- Lira_da_braccio type Agent.
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- Lira_da_braccio comment "The lira da braccio (or lyra de bracio) was a European bowed string instrument of the Renaissance. It was used by Italian poet-musicians in court in the 15th and 16th centuries to accompany their improvised recitations of lyric and narrative poetry. It is most closely related to the medieval fiddle, or vielle, and like the vielle had a leaf-shaped pegbox with frontal pegs.".
- Lira_da_braccio label "Lira da braccio".
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- Lira_da_braccio sameAs Lira_da_braccio.
- Lira_da_braccio sameAs m.026hsxb.
- Lira_da_braccio sameAs Лира_да_браччо.
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- Lira_da_braccio sameAs Q584967.
- Lira_da_braccio wasDerivedFrom Lira_da_braccio?oldid=696424803.
- Lira_da_braccio depiction Lira_da_braccio.png.
- Lira_da_braccio isPrimaryTopicOf Lira_da_braccio.