Text: The original seven-stringed system of the lyre was: UPPER TETRACHORD: d - NETE, the shortest string, giving the highest sound c - PARANETE, (beside NETE) b flat - PARAMESE, (beside MESE) a - MESE, middle string and eky note, connecting the two fourths LOWER TETRACHORD: G - LICHANOS, forefinger string F - PARHYPATE,(beside Hypate) E - HYPATE, longest string, givingthe lowest sound. The above are names of the strings ofthe lyre and not of notes of a fixed pitch. The following is the scale for the seven, and eightstringed lyre upon THE EGYPTIAN or OCTAVE SYSTEM.

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