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How To Play the Ancient Greek Kithara of Classical Antiquity! (4 of 7)

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  • Michael Levy

    Michael Levy

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    The kithara was the highly advanced, large wooden lyre favoured by only the true professional musicians of ancient Greece, which reached its pinnacle of ...

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