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How to pronounce “lyre”
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Pronunciation guide for lyre
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of lyre with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 1 YouTube example
- Real speech example
- Broadway's Hadestown
so during the show, Orpheus is a lyre player.
- Definition summary
- (music) An ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of Greek origin, consisting of two arms extending from a body to a crossbar (a yoke), and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke.
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How to pronounce lyre
Broadway's Hadestown
so during the show, Orpheus is a lyre player.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “lyre”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (music) An ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of Greek origin, consisting of two arms extending from a body to a crossbar (a yoke), and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke.
- A lyre-shaped sheet music holder that attaches to a wind instrument when a music stand is impractical.
- (obsolete) A composer of lyric poetry.
- [Verb]
- (rare) to play the lyre
Practice Nearby Words
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