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Record 1 2019-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • String Instruments
CONT

Barbitos or barbiton is an instrument of the lyra family and resembles a lyra, but it has longer arms and narrower sound box.

OBS

An ancient Greek musical instrument resembling a lyr.

OBS

barbitons; barbitos : plural forms.

Key term(s)
  • barbitons
  • barbitos

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à cordes
DEF

Instrument à cordes pincées de tessiture grave, proche de la harpe, qui semble avoir été répandu, avant l'ère chrétienne, dans la plupart des pays de civilisation gréco-romaine.

CONT

Le barbiton ou barbitos accompagnait les symposiums (banquets) et les rituels dionysiaques. C'était un instrument à cordes proche de la lyre. Comme pour celle-ci, la caisse de résonance était faite d’une carapace de tortue. Les bras étaient cependant beaucoup plus longs, et les cordes (5, 6 ou 7) émettaient par conséquent un son plus grave et plus doux que celui de la lyre.

Spanish

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