Meadow Lyre

The lyre has proved enduringly popular in many parts of the world. Throughout history the lyre has played a major role in the telling of tales, creation of games and expression of passion.

It is also a meditative experience for adults used to unwind during special moments throughout the day. The true value of the lyre is its ability to harmonize the arts and sciences into an awareness of self. The lyre has been embraced by the Waldorf teaching community, curative educators, doctors, therapists and, of course, musicians.

Tuned in the pentatonic scale, the seven string Meadow Lyre provides a tone with a delicate volume and a rich resonance. Used in grades 1 - 3 in Waldorf schools throughout the world, the lyre captivates children with unembellished tonality that promotes a calm and centered classroom. Beginners cradle the lyre in the left arm and strum it with the right hand. As the player progresses they learn to pluck individual strings with both hands as they accompany the music with recitation or singing. The graceful sculpted form encourages the player to position the lyre so that they may either sit comfortably or walk and play.

The Meadow Lyre is a professionally engineered instrument, crafted from one solid piece of cherry wood. Included with the lyre is a tuning wrench and an instruction and care booklet.

Contact us for replacement string sets or replacement brass eyelets.

Size: 533 mm L x 229 mm W (21 x 9 inches)

Recommended for ages 6 to 99.

Made in the USA

Fact:
The lyre is a stringed musical instrument well known for its use in Classical Antiquity and later. The recitations of the Ancient Greeks were accompanied by lyre playing. The lyre of Classical Antiquity was ordinarily played by being strummed with a plectrum (a pick), like a guitar, rather than being plucked, like a harp. The fingers of the free hand silenced the unwanted strings in the chord.

Instruments known as lyres have been fashioned and used in Europe outside the Greco-Roman world since at least the early middle ages, and one view holds that many modern stringed instruments are late-emerging examples of the lyre class.