Editing Lyre (section)

==Classification==
[[File:Museu arqueologic de Creta43.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.2|The [[Mycenaean Greece|Mycenaean]] sarcophagus of Hagia Triada, 14th century BCE, depicting the earliest lyre with seven strings, held by a man with long robe, third from the left.]]
[[Hornbostel–Sachs]] classifies the lyre as a member of the [[History of lute-family instruments|lute-family of instruments]] which is one of the families under the [[chordophone]] classification of instruments. Hornbostel–Sachs divide lyres into two groups Bowl lyres ([[List of musical instruments by Hornbostel–Sachs number: 321.21|321.21]]), Box lyres ([[List of musical instruments by Hornbostel–Sachs number: 321.22|321.22]]).
<ref>
{{cite journal
|last = Ghirardini
|first = Cristina
|date = 2020
|title = Reflecting on Hornbostel-Sachs's Versuch a century later
|url = https://www.fondazionelevi.it/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Reflecting-Hornbostel-Sachs.pdf
|journal = Edizioni Fondazione Levi
|volume = Quaderni di Etnomusicologia
|access-date = 25 January 2023
}}
</ref> In [[organology]], a lyre is considered a [[yoke lute]], since it is a [[lute]] in which the strings are attached to a [[yoke]] that lies in the same plane as the [[sound table]], and consists of two arms and a crossbar.<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D_15UtgRVJsC&dq=lyre+is+considered+a+yoke+lute,&pg=PA284|chapter=Plucked and Hammered String Instruments; Historical Development|page=284|title=Musical Instruments: History, Technology, and Performance of Instruments of Western Music|author1=Murray Campbell |author2=Clive Greated |author3=Arnold Myers|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|year=2004|isbn=9780198165040}}</ref>