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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. | 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. | ||
[[File:Ettore Castagna Maltese lira 8 June 2013 Għanafest Argotti.jpg | [[File:Ettore Castagna Maltese lira 8 June 2013 Għanafest Argotti.jpg | ||
|330px|thumb|right|Ettore Castagna]] | |330px|thumb|right|Ettore Castagna]] | ||
Revision as of 04:10, 14 June 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.
[[File:Ettore Castagna Maltese lira 8 June 2013 Għanafest Argotti.jpg |330px|thumb|right|Ettore Castagna]]