Difference between revisions of "Maltese Lira (instrument)"
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The Maltese lira is a string, bowed instrument [[File:Ettore Castagna Maltese lira 8 June 2013 Għanafest Argotti.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Ettore Castagna.]] which has maintained its basic physical properties across history. The main characteristics are three strings; tuning pegs fitted perpendicularly to the head; absence of a fingerboard or frets; mobile bridge and soundpost; generally fretted with the back of the nails; held vertically on the knee or between the legs; the body is carved out of a single block of wood with a wooden soundboard; in most cases the tuning is IV-I-V. | The Maltese lira is a string, bowed instrument [[File:Ettore Castagna Maltese lira 8 June 2013 Għanafest Argotti.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Ettore Castagna.]] which has maintained its basic physical properties across history. The main characteristics are three strings; tuning pegs fitted perpendicularly to the head; absence of a fingerboard or frets; mobile bridge and soundpost; generally fretted with the back of the nails; held vertically on the knee or between the legs; the body is carved out of a single block of wood with a wooden soundboard; in most cases the tuning is IV-I-V. | ||
There is a red line connecting the instrument all the way from Dalmatia on the Adriatic to Locride in Calabria. One of the most important references to the lira in Malta is by Giovanni Pietro Aguis de Soladnis (1712-1770) published in his ''Damma tal Kliem Kartaginis mscerred fel fomm tal Maltin u Ghaucin'', published around 1759. | There is a red line connecting the instrument all the way from Dalmatia on the Adriatic to Locride in Calabria. One of the most important references to the lira in Malta is by Giovanni Pietro Aguis de Soladnis (1712-1770) published in his ''Damma tal Kliem Kartaginis mscerred fel fomm tal Maltin u Ghaucin'', published around 1759. He states that the lira is a musical instrument introduced to Malta by the Greeks in the beginning of the 18th century and which was very popular amongst the young country folk in Malta and Gozo. | ||
Revision as of 09:03, 28 July 2013
The Maltese lira is a string, bowed instrument
which has maintained its basic physical properties across history. The main characteristics are three strings; tuning pegs fitted perpendicularly to the head; absence of a fingerboard or frets; mobile bridge and soundpost; generally fretted with the back of the nails; held vertically on the knee or between the legs; the body is carved out of a single block of wood with a wooden soundboard; in most cases the tuning is IV-I-V.
There is a red line connecting the instrument all the way from Dalmatia on the Adriatic to Locride in Calabria. One of the most important references to the lira in Malta is by Giovanni Pietro Aguis de Soladnis (1712-1770) published in his Damma tal Kliem Kartaginis mscerred fel fomm tal Maltin u Ghaucin, published around 1759. He states that the lira is a musical instrument introduced to Malta by the Greeks in the beginning of the 18th century and which was very popular amongst the young country folk in Malta and Gozo.