The leg’s lyre, lirone, perfect lirone or lyre’s arciviola is a played with a bow musical instrument common in Italy between 1500 and 1700, arm’s lyre relative, used mainly to accompany the voice; the instrument’s shape was similar to the viola with 12 strings and it used to lay on the ground. Sitting down and between the knees played, the lirone could have from 9 to 20 strings, increasing the range of possible tonalities (and therefore the repertoire) compared to…
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