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'''Greek musical instruments''' were grouped under the general term "all developments from the original construction of a tortoise shell with two branching horns, having also a cross piece to which the stringser from an original three to ten or even more in the later period, like the [[Byzantine music|Byzantine era]]". Greek musical instruments can be classified into the following categories:

==Ancient==
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*[[Aulos]]
*[[Barbiton]]
*[[Chelys]]
*[[Cithara]] (or Kithara)
*[[Crotalum]]
*[[Epigonion]]
*[[Greek harps|Harp]]
*[[Kanonaki]]
*[[Lyre]]
*[[Pan flute]] (Syrinx)
*[[Pandura]]
*[[Phorminx]]
*[[Rhoptron]]
*[[Sambuca (instrument)|Sambuca]]
*[[Salpinx]]
*[[Sistrum]]
*[[Psaltery]]
*[[Tambourine]]
*[[Trigonon]]
*[[Water organ]] (Hydraulis)
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File:Mildenhall treasure great dish british museum, detail-- dancer with cymbals.jpg|Roman art, 4th century A.D. Dancer with cymbals.
File:Mildenhall treasure great dish british museum, detail-- satyr with pan pipes.jpg|Mildenhall treasure, great dish, British Museum, detail-- satyr with pan pipes
File:Mildenhall treasure, great dish, British Museum, detail-- aulos and tambourine.jpg|Mildenhall treasure, great dish, British Museum, detail-- aulos and tambourine
File:Mildenhall treasure, great dish, British Museum, frame drum.jpg|Mildenhall treasure, great dish, British Museum, frame drum
File:Attic red figure pelike Rhodes.jpg|Afterlife scene of a woman playing crotalum clappers leading a man playing a [[barbitos]] lyre.
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== Medieval and modern ==

===[[String instruments]]===
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*[[Byzantine lyra]] 
*[[Bouzouki]]
*[[Cretan lyra]]
*[[Calabrian lira]]
*[[Guitar]]
*[[Qanun (instrument)|Kanonaki]]
*[[Mandolin]]
*[[Mandola]]
*[[Oudola]]
*[[Oud]]
*[[Psaltery]]
*[[Classical kemençe|Politiki lyra]] (Constantinople lyra)
*[[Santouri]]
*[[Laouto]] (big and small)
*[[Lavta]] (Politiko laouto)
*[[Gusle|One stringed lyra]] (rare)
*[[Macedonian lyra]]
*[[Kemenche of the Black Sea|Pontian lyra]]
*[[Violin]]
*[[Baglamas]]
*[[Tzouras]]
*[[Tambouras]]
*[[Thaboura]]
*[[Karantouzeni]]
*[[Sazi|Bağlama]]
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===[[Aerophones]]===
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*[[Askomandoura]]
*[[Aulos]]
*[[Floghera]]
*[[Gaida]]
*[[Karamuza]]
*[[Klarino]]
*[[Lalitsa]]
*[[Mantura]]
*[[Souravli]] (Thiamboli)
*[[Tsampouna]]
*[[Zurna]]
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===[[Percussion instruments]]===
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*[[Cochilia]]
*[[Crotalum|Crotala]]
* [[Davul|Daouli]]
*[[Koudounia]]
*[[Toubeleki]]
*[[Trigono (musical instrument)|Trigono]]
*[[Tympanum (hand drum)|Tympano]]
*[[Zilia (musical instruments)|Zilia]]
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==See also==
*[[Music of Greece]]
*[[Greek dances]]
*[[Greek folk music]]

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120131130022/http://wwk.kathimerini.gr/kath/7days/1998/01/18011998.pdf Tα μουσικά όργανα των αρχαίων Eλλήνων/ancient Greek instruments]

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