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Learn To Play The Ancient Greek Lyre! (Lesson 7 - 'Skolion of Seikilos')

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Michael Levy

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The seventh in a new series of 'online lyre lessons', demonstrating how to begin to learn to play the beautiful 'Chelys' - the tortoise shell form of lyre of ancient ...

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Kalyan Theta, Mela Mechakalyani, Fourth Plagal Byzantine, Greek Hypolydian, Kalyan Theta, Yaman

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Tuning Map

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S6
S5
S4
S3
S2
S1

-13
D#
G#
C#
F#
A#
D#

-12
E
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D
G
B
E

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F
A#
D#
G#
C
F

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F#
B
E
A
C#
F#

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G
C
F
A#
D
G

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G#
C#
F#
B
D#
G#

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A
D
G
C
E
A

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A#
D#
G#
C#
F
A#

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F
A#
D#
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C

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C
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G

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G#
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