Macedonian lyra

String instrument
Other names	Macedonian lyra/lira
Developed	Byzantine era
Related instruments
Byzantine lyra, the ancestor Calabrian lira (Italian: Lira Calabrese) Classical Kemenche, (Turkish: Armudî kemençe, Greek: Politiki lyra)
Musicians
Avraam Demisis Paschalis Giannakou Andreas Kioumourtsis Giorgos Mavridis Ioannis Mitrou Nikos Touloumis Giorgos Touloumis Fylaktos Terzis Vasilis Tragos

The Macedonian lyra (Greek: Μακεδονική λύρα) is a Greek, pear-shaped, three-stringed bowed musical instrument used mainly in the Greek folk music of the Greek region of Macedonia, particularly in the region of Drama. It is usually accompanied by violin.

Sources

• kepem.org
• kepaam.gr