lyra

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When I arrived, the lyra was not taught in music schools.

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  1. A northern constellation, the Harp, containing a white star of the first magnitude, called Alpha Lyræ, or Vega.

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  1. a small constellation in the northern hemisphere near Cygnus and Draco; contains the star Vega

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  • Student and master artists from all over the world perform original work on traditional and new aerial apparatus including, Trapeze, lyra, silk and more. —  BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content
  • If you're thinking of visiting or enrolling in the school, here's what you'll find: corde lisse, static trapeze, silks, lyra (aerial hoops) and more, all designed to give you a killer workout with zero pretension. —  Phillyist
  • In 1975 he travelled to Crete which he had previously visited for a short time in 1970 and 1972 where he had been greatly impressed by the lyra (a small pear-shaped upright fiddle which is the primary folk instrument of the island). —  WeLove-music
  • A virtuoso of Eastern musical instruments, he plays the Cretan lyra, Afghan rabab, tarhu, laouto, kemence, oud, saz and tanbur. —  WeLove-music
  • In 1975 he moved to Crete where he studied the lyra with its great master Kostas Moudakis. —  WeLove-music
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