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What instrament did minstrels play?

In the Middle Ages, minstrels, jongleurs, troubadours, and minnesingers were all musicians. For the most part they travelled, so they did not use heavy instruments, such as organs. They used harps, lutes, lyres, fiddles (including bowed lyres), flutes, flageolets, pipes, bagpipes, drums, and so on.


What instrument did Nero play while he watched Rome burn?

Lyres


What are the different types of ancient Egyptian lyres are there?

Music played an important part in ancient Egyptian society and formed an important part of religious ceremonies as well as everyday entertainment. Harps, lutes, tambourines, flutes, clarinets, trumpets, oboes, rattles, drums and seven-string lyres have all been identified in Egyptian art. The name of the lyre was written DADAt in hieroglyphs [D=dj and A is a glottal stop], followed by the determinative for wooden things (there was no single hieroglyph depicting the lyre as there was for the lute). Your question implies that there was more than one type of lyre, but I can find no evidence for this. Only one name for the instrument existed in the ancient Egyptian language and pictures seem to be very consistent in the details shown, so I guess that only one type was generally used. The seven strings make the Egyptian lyre distinct from the Greek instrument. The link below shows a typical lyre in an Egyptian wall painting.


How would Anglo Saxons relax?

Anglo-Saxons relaxed through various activities, including storytelling, music, and feasting. Gatherings often featured bards who recited epic tales and poetry, while music was played on instruments like lyres and flutes. They also enjoyed games such as dice and board games, and communal feasts provided an opportunity to bond and celebrate with family and friends. Additionally, outdoor activities like hunting and fishing offered a way to unwind in nature.


What intruments did troubadours play in medieval times?

Troubadours played different kinds of flute, including side blown wooden flutes, recorders and similar instruments, and an instrument called the gemshorn, which was like an ocarina, but was made from the horn of a goat. They played a number of necked stringed instruments, including a variety of lutes, they also played instruments like guitars in Spain. There was a Byzantine lyra, which was shaped rather like a lute, but bowed, and there was the medieval fiddle. In some places they played harps. In some places in Britain and Scandinavia, they played lyres, and these were sometimes played with a bow. They had zithers of various kinds, including the psaltery and dulcimer. They came to play the dulcimer with hammers, instead of plucking it, and the hammered dulcimer can be quite a lovely instrument. Folk musicians played bagpipes of various kinds during the Middle Ages. They also played drums of various kinds. There were trumpets and horns, but I think troubadours did not get into them much. They included the cornetto, which was a type of horn with holes like a recorder and made of wood. They also included the sackbut, which was ancestral to the trombone.

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What instrament did minstrels play?

In the Middle Ages, minstrels, jongleurs, troubadours, and minnesingers were all musicians. For the most part they travelled, so they did not use heavy instruments, such as organs. They used harps, lutes, lyres, fiddles (including bowed lyres), flutes, flageolets, pipes, bagpipes, drums, and so on.


Are minnesingers and troubadours the same?

Yes, although minnesingers are from Germany and troubadours are from France


When was Compulsive Lyres created?

Compulsive Lyres was created in 1997.


Do saxophone lyres work on clarinets?

No they do not!


Are Egyptian lyres and lutes the same?

no


Who were the minnesingers?

noble, travelling poet-composers from Germany


In addition to the lyre which instrument did minnesingers use to accompany their songs?

harp


What are the names of the instruments used in the medieval times?

lyres


What the 5girls name ftom prettylittle liras?

The one who die her name was Alison but the lyres call her Ali,the lyres is Hanna (blond one),aria,spencer,Emily


What are some good questions to ask for a research paper on medieval minstrels and troubadours and jongleurs and minnesingers and and trouveres?

How were troubadours important for the development of music in the middle ages How did jongleurs support troubadours What were the differences between troubadours, trouveres, and minnesingers as a result of location


Is minnesinger same as troubador?

Yes but but minnesingers originate in Germany whereas troubadours originate in France.


What do harps have to do with Greek mythology?

They are actually Lyres and they are involved in the story of Orpheus.