the lyre was made 1400 BC
the harp was made 3000 BC
so the harp is older.
lyre
A lyre.Another answer:Another word for harp is "clarsach". A lyre is not a member of the harp family.By definition, harps have strings running away from the soundboard, exposed on both sides.A lyre has strings running across the soundboard, frequently with a bridge.
yes, it evolved from the lyre
A Lyre resembles a small harp. The only comparison is that both are classed as "stringed instrument".
A LYRE!!! I know it sounds strange, but it's kinda like a harp!
so was the harp invented before the piano
harp
Hermes invented the lyre, which is kind of like a harp, and gave it to Apollo for stealing his special cattle.
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Lyre
A lyre is like a harp, it is much smaller and has fewer strings.
A lyre.Another answer:Another word for harp is "clarsach". A lyre is not a member of the harp family.By definition, harps have strings running away from the soundboard, exposed on both sides.A lyre has strings running across the soundboard, frequently with a bridge.
lyre
lyre
Apollo: the god of light and sun, music, and poetry (among other things). One of his symbols is the lyre, a stringed instrument similar to the harp.
He has a lyre. He also has a piano, flute, and the harp. Hope that helps! :-)
He played the lyre and sang so well that the wild animals were tamed and the rivers stopped to listen. He was believed to have invented the hexameterThe symbol for Orpheus is his bow-in-lyre (half harp half bow)When he died, Helios (Apollo's God Friend)Sent his lyre as a star constilation called LYRE