Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A 'live' performance for solo lyre, of "Tears of the Hyades" - track 1 from my 2021 album, "Echoes of Ancient Greece":
open.spotify.com/album/6JR9aABOWMwTa5TsZpEyFS
The Hyades were the nymphs that brought rain in Greek mythology. They were daughters of the Titan Atlas and either Pleione or the Oceanid Aethra, and had one brother, Hyas. They also were sisters of the Pleiades and the Hesperides.
According to the myth, their brother Hyas was killed while hunting, so they started crying from grief, which is how they brought rain on the earth.
The Hyades were later transformed into a constellation of stars bearing the same name. The constellation of the Haydes star cluster is set in the head of Taurus.
The piece is in the distinctively mournful ancient Greek Hypodorian Mode (the equivalent intervals as A-A on the white notes of the piano & misnamed the 'Aeolian' mode by scholars in the Middle Ages). Sometimes referred to as the 'natural minor', the essence of this mode is the basis of all our modern minor keys.
The distinctively mournful characterisics of this mode are further enhanced by the use of just intonation, whose pristine whole number ratio musical intervals adds an almost three dimensional feeling of focus to the music.
Originally recorded for the album on my 11-string chelys (tortoise shell form) lyre with a skin soundboard, in this live version, I feature the lovely, pure harp-like timbre of my 10-string lyre - as can be seen in the performance, the limited range of the lyre's open strings can be effortlessly extended by the use of harmonics.
For many more hours of 'musical adventures in time travel', please see all my official artist links below - many thanks for watching!
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A 'live' performance for solo lyre, of "Tears of the Hyades" - track 1 from my 2021 album, "Echoes of Ancient Greece":
open.spotify.com/album/6JR9aABOWMwTa5TsZpEyFS
The Hyades were the nymphs that brought rain in Greek mythology. They were daughters of the Titan Atlas and either Pleione or the Oceanid Aethra, and had one brother, Hyas. They also were sisters of the Pleiades and the Hesperides.
According to the myth, their brother Hyas was killed while hunting, so they started crying from grief, which is how they brought rain on the earth.
The Hyades were later transformed into a constellation of stars bearing the same name. The constellation of the Haydes star cluster is set in the head of Taurus.
The piece is in the distinctively mournful ancient Greek Hypodorian Mode (the equivalent intervals as A-A on the white notes of the piano & misnamed the 'Aeolian' mode by scholars in the Middle Ages). Sometimes referred to as the 'natural minor', the essence of this mode is the basis of all our modern minor keys.
The distinctively mournful characterisics of this mode are further enhanced by the use of just intonation, whose pristine whole number ratio musical intervals adds an almost three dimensional feeling of focus to the music.
Originally recorded for the album on my 11-string chelys (tortoise shell form) lyre with a skin soundboard, in this live version, I feature the lovely, pure harp-like timbre of my 10-string lyre - as can be seen in the performance, the limited range of the lyre's open strings can be effortlessly extended by the use of harmonics.
For many more hours of 'musical adventures in time travel', please see all my official artist links below - many thanks for watching!
Subscribe:
youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=Klezfiddle1
Official Artist Links:
Official Website:
ancientlyre.com
Digital Music Artist Profiles:
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/7Dx2vFEg8DmOJ5YCRm4A5v
iTunes & Apple Music:
itunes.apple.com/us/artist/michael-levy/id4324920
Amazon:
amzn.to/2zmJph3
Bandcamp:
michaellevy.bandcamp.com
Facebook Page:
facebook.com/beautifullyre
Twitter:
twitter.com/AncientLyre
Instagram:
instagram.com/mlevy1400bce
Patreon:
patreon.com/Michael_Levy_Ancient_Lyre_Music
