Greek musical instruments

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Greek musical instruments were grouped under the general term "all developments from the original construction of a tortoise shell with two branching horns, having also a cross piece to which the stringser from an original three to ten or even more in the later period, like the Byzantine era". Greek musical instruments can be classified into the following categories:

## Ancient

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* Aulos
* Barbiton
* Chelys
* Cithara (or Kithara)
* Crotalum
* Epigonion
* Harp
* Kanonaki
* Kymbalon
* Lyre
* Pan flute (Syrinx)
* Pandura
* Phorminx
* Rhoptron
* Sambuca
* Salpinx
* Sistrum
* Psaltery
* Tambourine
* Trigonon
* Water organ (Hydraulis)

* Roman art, 4th century A.D. Dancer with kymbalon.

* Mildenhall treasure, great dish, British Museum, detail-- satyr with pan pipes

* Mildenhall treasure, great dish, British Museum, detail-- aulos and tambourine

* Mildenhall treasure, great dish, British Museum, frame drum

* Afterlife scene of a woman playing crotalum clappers leading a man playing a barbitos lyre.

## Medieval and modern

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### String instruments

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* Baglamas
* Byzantine lyra
* Bouzouki
* Cretan lyra
* Calabrian lira
* Guitar
* Kanonaki
* Mandolin
* Mandola
* Oudola
* Oud
* Psaltery
* Politiki lyra (Constantinople lyra)
* Santouri
* Laouto (big and small)
* Lavta (Politiko laouto)
* One stringed lyra (rare)
* Macedonian lyra
* Pontian lyra
* Violin
* Baglamas
* Tzouras
* Tambouras
* Thaboura
* Karantouzeni
* Bağlama

### Aerophones

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* Askomandoura
* Aulos
* Floghera
* Gaida
* Karamuza
* Klarino
* Lalitsa
* Mantura
* Souravli (Thiamboli)
* Tsampouna
* Zurna

### Percussion instruments

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* Cochilia
* Crotala
* Daouli
* Koudounia
* Toubeleki
* Trigono
* Tympano
* Zilia

## See also

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* Music of Greece
* Greek dances
* Greek folk music

## External links

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* Tα μουσικά όργανα των αρχαίων Eλλήνων/ancient Greek instruments

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Greek musical instruments

Ancient|

| String|

Pandura

| Lyre|

Barbiton
Chelys
Kithara
Phorminx

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Harp|

* Epigonion
* Magadis
* Sambuca
* Trigonon

Wind|

Aulos
Pan flute
Salpinx

Percussion|

Cochilia
Crotalum
Water organ
Sistrum

Medieval|

Byzantine lyra
Organon

Modern|

| String|

| Bowed|

Cretan lyra
Pontic lyra
Politiki lyra
Macedonian lyra
Calabrian lira

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Plucked|

Bouzouki
Guitar
Laouto
Mandola
Mandolin
Oudola
Psaltery
Tambouras
Thaboura

Struck|

Santouri

Wind|

Askomandoura
Gaida
Tsampouna
Floghera
Karamuza
Lalitsa
Mantura
Souravli

Percussion|

| Membranophones|

Tambourine
Toubeleki
Tympano

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Idiophones|

Koudounia
Stamna
Trigono
Zilia

See also|

Music of Greece
Greek folk music
Byzantine music
Nisiotika
Greek dances

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