Lijerica

Lijerica, also lirica, is a painted shell necked lute that is played only in the south of the southern Croatian coast region of Dalmatia around Dubrovnik.

The pear-shaped body, which merges into a short neck is carved out of a block of wood and covered with a thin flat wooden ceiling. The technique is related with the Cretan lyra, the name is derived from the lyre, an ancient lyre. The string instrument has three relatively thin melody strings - are a far cry from the web - as well as in the Bulgarian gadulka. This is impossible pressing down the strings on the bridge. In contrast to the otherwise similar gadulka lack the drone at the lijerica.

In most cases only the left, highest string is tapped to the tune of education, while the other two strings are painted blank to generate accompanying effects. The middle string is tuned a fifth lower than the highest, the right string a major second lower than the highest. The lijerica is a very quiet instrument. It is painted with a small horsehair bow and is generally much more agile to play than the more cumbersome something to be played gadulka why she is particularly well suited for very fast pieces. Man playing the lijerica sitting, leaning on the lap.

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