Macedonian lyra

String instrument
Other names	Macedonian lyra/lira
Developed	Byzantine era
Related instruments
	Byzantine lyra, the ancestor; Calabrian lira (Italian: Lira Calabrese); Classical Kemenche, (Turkish: Armudî kemençe, Greek: Politiki lyra);
Musicians
	Avraam Demisis; Paschalis Giannakou; Andreas Kioumourtsis; Giorgos Mavridis; Ioannis Mitrou; Nikos Touloumis; Giorgos Touloumis; Fylaktos Terzis; Vasilis Tragos;

The Macedonian lyra (Greek: Μακεδονική λύρα) is a Greek pear-shaped,^[1] three-stringed bowed musical instrument, used mainly in the Greek folk music of the Greek region of Macedonia, and especially in the region of Drama, usually accompanied by violin.

References

^ Η μακεδονική λύρα

Sources

kepem.org
kepaam.gr

[1] Η μακεδονική λύρα