Greek musical instruments

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 era". Greek musical instruments can be classified into the following categories:

Ancient

Roman art, 4th century A.D. Dancer with cymbals.
Mildenhall treasure, great dish, British Museum, detail-- satyr with pan pipes
Mildenhall treasure, great dish, British Museum, detail-- aulos and tambourine
Mildenhall treasure, great dish, British Museum, frame drum

Medieval and modern

String instruments

Aerophones

Percussion instruments

External links

Tα μουσικά όργανα των αρχαίων Eλλήνων/ancient Greek instruments

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Greek musical instruments
Ancient	Aulos Cochilia Crotalum Harp Pan flute Pandura Salpinx Water organ Lyre Barbiton Chelys Kithara Phorminx Sistrum Ancient Greek harps (Epigonion, Magadis, Sambuca, Trigonon)
Medieval	Byzantine lyra Organon
String Instruments	Bowed instruments Cretan lyra Pontic lyra Politiki lyra Macedonian lyra Calabrian lira Plucked instruments Bouzouki Guitar Laouto Mandola Mandolin Oudola Psaltery Tambouras Thaboura Struck instruments Santouri
Aerophones	Woodwind instruments Askomandoura Gaida Tsampouna Floghera Karamuza Lalitsa Mantura Souravli
Percussion instruments	Membranophones Tambourine Toubeleki Tympano Idiophones Koudounia Stamna Trigono Zilia
See also	Music of Greece Greek folk music Byzantine music Nisiotika Greek dances