Aklot 16 String Lyre - Review & Demo

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This is an unboxing, review and demo of the Aklot 16 String Lyre. It is a very budget and beginner friendly lyre (or hand harp). The construction is solid, the tuning pegs are very stable and easy to tune, and the sound is great. The included accessories are all well made and the pickup is great for connecting to a guitar amp or other speaker.
The amplified portion of the demo is done by connecting the included pickup directly into a Boss Katana 100 guitar amp.
The piece at 9min16sec is an original composition by Marianne Bouvette: • Medieval dance - with ...
00:00 Intro
00:36 What's in the box
03:20 Lyre close-up details
05:27 Tuning
07:21 Demo (Acoustic)
10:05 Demo (Amplified with pickup)

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13 июл 2024

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Комментарии : 62

@Iceland874 3 года назад

Thank you for your review. I have watched several and read others but yours helped me decide to go for it. Thanks so much.

@maatdei8127 3 года назад

Thank you so much for your review. I’m considering purchasing a new instrument and this really helped me.

@martabatista512 4 года назад

Thank you for this video. This is a neat cool instrument. I might get it for my nephew.

@KennyVert Год назад

Great review! Thank you!!

@heatherfranklin47 3 года назад

Thank you for this post! I would love to see tutorials on different songs!

@gourdeman 3 года назад

You did a very good job. I'm convinced to purchase to add to my other string instruments such as my African Koras and Adungu. Give Thanks

@lilyofthevalley54 2 года назад

So pretty ♥️

@janinnegarcia 4 года назад

Thank you for posting this! Will you be showing tutorials on how to play it? I'm interested to buying one after seeing this!

@EddiePrieto 4 года назад

Not necessarily tutorials, but I will be posting another video with a few songs soon.

@venadito7 3 года назад

Me too!!! Haha thanks fot the video :)

@ZaayVee 3 года назад

I literally just bought this lyre about an hour ago lol

@lionhartd138 2 года назад

How much?

@sylvia1124 3 года назад

There are no stores around me that sell these so your video is extremely helpful. Now to decide which type. I like the look of the Aklot with 2 horns at the top. Any opinion is appreciated.

@EddiePrieto 3 года назад

Between this one and the the "deer head", they are both going to play and sound very similar, so I say just pick whichever one you like better. If you want to see more options/advice, check out www.reddit.com/r/lyres

@sylvia1124 3 года назад

@@EddiePrietoThank you. Now I like the one with the dish because it really resonates. I will post when it arrives.

@sylvia1124 3 года назад

Received my Aklot with the horns. It is beautiful but there is no booklet or guide suggesting ways to hold it, etc. Still having fun with it though.

@changdae11 3 года назад

Just purchase this yesterday and I love playing it! One issue that I have, however, is if I want to change the location of the pickup, how do I take off the adhesive without damaging the instrument?

@EddiePrieto 3 года назад

No idea. I didn't want to risk damaging the finish lol

@Breakbeat90s 2 года назад

would it make sense to tune it chromatically if you want to use it as composing aid?

@Stella-vj6sx 3 года назад

I only just got a lyre - it's not this one, but it has the same shape. I don't know anyone who plays it and I am struggling with how to hold it and play at the same time, I'm always afraid it will fall. How do you play with both hands?

@edgemaster5205 2 года назад

What do you recommend for a begginer, 7 or 16 string 🤔 thank you

@almareligalindonogueron8917 3 года назад

Hello, I've already bought this amazing instrument but when I started to know the notes I realized how play it, I mean if the Low notes are close to chest or the high note could go to close to chest or it doesn't matter the position?

@EddiePrieto 3 года назад

It matters when determining which hand you use to play it. If the low notes are closest to you then it's best to play with your right hand, if the high notes are closest to you, then it's best to play with your left hand.

@VampwolfWarrior 3 года назад

I'm left handed and I was wondering if it would it be hard to learn and play? There aren't a ton of tutorials on the lyre in general and I have absolutely no experience, so I just worry I will struggle and get frustrated trying to do everything upside down.

@EddiePrieto 3 года назад

There isn't necessarily a right or wrong way to play it, you can choose to hold it however it works best for you. If you're holding it with your right hand, then that actually makes it resemble more like a traditional harp, where the lowest note is farthest away from you. If you hold it upside down, then it's like a mirror image of how I'm holding it in the video. If you're really worried about having a hard time, perhaps try getting a lyre will less strings, like a 7 or 10 string.

@jasonswan4544 3 года назад

I purchased the same lyre, and was excited, but every time I tune it, it immediately untunes itself. I don’t know how to fix this. Is it the lyre or the strings? Thanks.

@EddiePrieto 3 года назад

New strings take a little while stabilize. I think I had to tune it 3 times before it finally stayed in tune completely. Now, if you mean that the tuning peg is not staying in place, then it might be a faulty lyre and I'm not sure what to recommend at that point.

@teresanature2399 3 года назад

I bought my aklot lyre recently and when i tune it the pegs kept unwinding itself when I let good of the tuning spanner the peg loosen and unwind on its own. Is this normal.

@EddiePrieto 3 года назад

There is a post on the Lyres subreddit on fixing tuning peg slippage. It provides a few suggestions on how to fix this problem.

@idontwantahandlebutok 3 года назад

Is this good for beginners? Or should I purchase the 7 string version?

@EddiePrieto 3 года назад

I think either one is fine for beginners, it's hard to sound bad playing them. I guess less strings is technically easier to play, but it also limits what you can play on it.

@katreacts628 3 года назад

I am thinking about buying one of these, though I imagine it´s a bit difficult to find the correct string at first? I play a harp with 36 strings and since the F and C-strings are colored it´s not problem to orientate yourself but the strings on the lyre are all the same colour?

@EddiePrieto 3 года назад

The lower strings from low G to middle G are wound strings and the upper strings from middle A to high A are unwound. So it's helpful the use those octaves as markers for navigating the strings. After that, I use relative position to find the strings, for instance if you know perfect fifths and thirds etc, then you can just count the strings at a glance.

@katreacts628 3 года назад

@@EddiePrieto That´s a big help, thank you!

@Funcakes20 3 года назад

Hi, do you mind sharing how you learned to play this? Was it private lessons, online videos, or just trial and error?

@EddiePrieto 3 года назад

I've been playing music and other instruments for many years, so it was relatively easy for me to learn it on my own.

@Funcakes20 3 года назад

@@EddiePrieto Very cool, thanks!

@alcyonae 3 года назад

How often do you need to tune? I’ve been playing for half an hour and it’s already out of tune. I got an off-brand one.

@Guitarbarella 3 года назад

An Arber my aklot like this stays tuned for long time, its because it has steel eyelets for the strings, pretty much useless if a lyre doesn’t have that. ...

@SoftKitteh 3 месяца назад

If you've just got it, it will need to be retuned a lot because the strings have to stretch before they settle in. Afterwards, it should be fine and only need a little tuning once in a while.

@echosaxea 3 года назад

Hello Lyre players! Advice needed! I am just newly in the process of learning to play lyre and I did not figure out the holding of this instrument. I got Aklot 16 strings and the problem that I see there is that if I want to use my left hand for lower strings and my right for higher strings as it would be normal for this instrument I guess, I can not reach the first and second string with my left, low g and a. Even if I would switch hands, it does not solve the issue because string are kind of out of the opening on both sides. Any tips?

@WanderwithJon 3 года назад

I have this same question in mind when I saw how the instrument's string placement. Some of the strings are behind the body of the instrument if you're plucking at the other side.

@echosaxea 3 года назад

@@WanderwithJon Well, I checked pictures on Amazon from where I got the lyre. The placement of strings is different on photos, that makes me believe even more that it is poorly designed instrument. I am sending it back.

@user-dh5bh5xd4x 2 года назад

Lyre's coordination is often loosened. There's a video of coordinating with glue. Can I do that?

@EddiePrieto 2 года назад

Sorry, but I'm not sure what you mean by the "coordination".

@classicarabicinstruments6158 3 года назад

Is it a diatomic or chromatic?

@EddiePrieto 3 года назад

In the video I have it diatonically tuned to C major. If you start from the lowest string, the scale is G mixolydian. Technically, you could tune the strings to make it chromatic if you want.

@classicarabicinstruments6158 3 года назад

@@EddiePrieto ok thanks but how many octaves if I make it a chromatic , may be only one octave ?

@EddiePrieto 3 года назад

@@classicarabicinstruments6158 Chromatic scale is 12 notes (13 if you include the octave). This lyre is 16 strings, which means you have an octave plus 3 notes. The only issue I could see is that it depending on how you do it, some of the higher strings would require less tension, so they might sound "flabby".

@classicarabicinstruments6158 3 года назад

@@EddiePrieto OK thanks a lot

@gutsandgrittv5076 3 года назад

They’ve gone crazy expensive in only a month.

@urzathehappy72 3 года назад

Price?

@EddiePrieto 3 года назад

It was $90 when I got it.

@Earedel85 3 года назад

Mine got out of tune after 10 min. It got me on my nervers and ended up breaking two strings when tunning them again. It's fine, it's cheap, and for a while or "emergency" passtime it's fine, but the tunning is horrible

@teresanature2399 3 года назад

My doesn't even hold for a minute, the peg turns and loosen the strings on its own. It doesn't hold

@Earedel85 3 года назад

@@teresanature2399 Exactly, that's it